Locality type: | Quarry |
Classification |
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Species: | 'Monazite' (not an IMA approved species) |
Formula: | REE(PO4) |
Comments: | Occurrs in quartz veins cutting phyllite schist, associated with ilmenite plates altering to anatase or brookite (scarce). |
Habit: | single tabular crystals, rarely as radiating clusters of twins. Resinous luster. |
Colour: | clear honey yellow |
Luminescent properties: | neodymium-green color under unfiltered shortwave UV light |
Abundance at site: | Rare |
Confirmation |
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Validity: | Believed Valid |
Data |
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Mineral Data: | Click here to view Monazite data |
Locality Data: | Click here to view County Line Quarry (Kline's Quarry), Wrightsville, York County, Pennsylvania, USA |
Data Identifiers |
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Mindat Occurrence Record ID: | 433450 |
Long-form Identifier: | 1:3:433450:7 |
GUID (UUID V4): | fd46988c-64f5-4f8e-b767-9a18a8ad83ea |
Nearest other occurrences of Monazite |
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19.8km (12.3 miles) | ⓘPequea Silver Mine, Pequea Township, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, USA |
94.3km (58.6 miles) | ⓘBoothwyn, Upper Chichester Township, Delaware County, Pennsylvania, USA |
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