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Definition of Monazite

Monazite
Monazite Mon"a*zite (m[o^]n"[.a]*z[imac]t), n. [From Gr. mona`zein to be solitary, in allusion to its isolated crystals.] (Min.) A mineral occurring usually in small isolated crystals, -- a phosphate of the cerium metals.

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- Mo****te is a primarily reddish-brown phosphate mineral that contains rare-earth elements. Due to variability in composition, mo****te is considered a...
- Mo****te geochronology is a dating technique to study geological history using the mineral mo****te. It is a powerful tool in studying the complex history...
- Mo****te-(Sm) is an exceedingly rare representative of the mo****te group, with samarium being the dominant rare earth element in its structure. It is...
- Mo****te-(Ce) (CePO4) is the most common representative of the mo****te group. It is the cerium-dominant analogue of mo****te-(La), mo****te-(Nd), and...
- This variety of mo****te is typically colored bright rose-red. It is the neodymium analogue of mo****te-(Ce), mo****te-(La), and mo****te-(Sm). The group...
- britholite brockite cerite dollaseite-(Ce) fluocerite fluorite gadolinite mo****te parisite-(Ce) parisite-(La) stillwellite synchysite titanite wakefieldite...
- Mo****te-(La) is a relatively rare representative of the mo****te group, with lanthanum being the dominant rare earth element in its structure. As such...
- Earth's crust, almost three times as abundant as lead. In minerals such as mo****te and bastnäsite, lanthanum composes about a quarter of the lanthanide content...
- praseodymium. Neodymium is present in significant quantities in the minerals mo****te and bastnäsite. Neodymium is not found naturally in metallic form or unmixed...
- minerals such as mo****te, relative to the chondritic abundance. Bastnäsite tends to show less of a negative europium anomaly than does mo****te, and hence...