The invention discloses a method for extracting
rare earth and recycling
fluorine resources from bastnaesite. The method comprises the following steps that S1, oxidizing
roasting is carried out on
rare earth concentrate, and then
hydrochloric acid leaching is carried out to obtain primary leaching liquid and primary leaching residues; S2, clear water and a
hydrochloric acid complexing agent are added into the primary leaching residues, and secondary leaching residues and secondary leaching liquid are obtained after filtering; S3,
quenching and
tempering and filtering treatment are carried out on the primary leaching liquid and the secondary leaching liquid, and quenched and tempered residues are obtained; and S4, the quenched and tempered residues are dissolved by using
hydrochloric acid, filtering and separating are carried out to obtain filter residues, chlorohydric acid
pickling is carried out on the filter residues for multiple times, and then
drying and packaging are carried out. According to the method, the
fluorine resources are recovered by adding the hydrochloric acid complexing agent and the like, alkali conversion is not needed, energy is greatly saved, the production process is simplified, the product
cryolite with high added value is formed, due to the fact that high-salt
wastewater is not generated, a high-salt
recovery system is not needed, the
sewage treatment cost is greatly reduced, and the defects in the prior art are overcome.