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noun - a reddish-brown mineral containing rare earth metals
noun - a mineral
MONAZITE - Monazite is a reddish-brown phosphate mineral containing rare-earth metals. It occurs usually in small isolated crystals. It has a hardness of 5.0 to...
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| A reddish-brown phosphate mineral containing rare-earth metals, (Ce, La, Y, Th)PO4, important as a source of cerium and thorium. |
| a reddish-brown mineral containing rare earth metals an important source of thorium and cerium |
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Monazite is a reddish-brown phosphate mineral containing rare-earth metals. It occurs usually in small isolated crystals. It has a hardness of 5.0 to 5.5 on the Mohs scale of mineral hardness and is relatively dense, about 4.6 to 5.7 g/cm3. There are at least four different kinds of monazite, depending on relative elemental composition of the mineral: * monazite-(Ce), (Ce, La, Nd, Th)PO4 (the most common member), * monazite-(La), (La, Ce, Nd)PO4, * monazite-(Nd), (Nd, La, Ce)PO4, * monazite-(Sm), (Sm, Gd, Ce, Th)PO4.The elements in parentheses are listed in the order of their relative proportion within the mineral: lanthanum is the most common rare-earth element in monazite-(La), and so forth. Silica (SiO2) is present in trace amounts, as well as small amounts of uranium and thorium. Due to the alpha decay of thorium and uranium, monazite contains a significant amount of helium, which can be extracted by heating.Monazite is an important ore for thorium, lanthanum, and cerium. It is often foun |