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Monazite-(Ce) from
Westford, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, USA


Locality type:Town
Classification
Species:Monazite-(Ce)
Formula:Ce(PO4)
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Monazite-(Ce) data
Locality Data:Click here to view Westford, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:836048
Long-form Identifier:1:3:836048:9
GUID (UUID V4):b27d8aa3-f458-4e9d-96ed-a477eb656499
Nearest other occurrences of Monazite-(Ce)
6.1km (3.8 miles) Chelmsford Lime Quarries, Chelmsford, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, USA
27.1km (16.8 miles) Interstate 290/Interstate 495 interchange road cuts, Marlborough, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, USA
70.1km (43.6 miles) Poker Hill, Ashton, Cumberland, Providence County, Rhode Island, USA
72.7km (45.2 miles) Conklin Quarry, Lime Rock, Lincoln, Providence County, Rhode Island, USA
83.4km (51.8 miles) Manton Avenue Quarry (Manton Quarry; Violet Hill Quarry), Manton, Providence, Providence County, Rhode Island, USA
95.0km (59.1 miles) Allen Quarry, Alstead, Cheshire County, New Hampshire, USA
References
Reference Search (possible matching items)
Book (edition)
Prague Printedin Czech Republicby Finidr.u.o .. Ce,ky Te~in 14/02/03/0 I All rights reserved•• ·o pan...dominant rareearth element (REE). e.g. monazite-(Ce), monazite(Nd), etc. In a few cases a similar procedure...abbreviations: Rep. (republic), prov. (province), co. (county), munic. (municipio), pref. (prefecture), dept...always included in text, except in the cases of the USA, UK, and the provinces Ontario and Quebec in Canada...Uintah County. Utah. and m (2.B. acanthite group). Monoclinic, C2/m, a,b,c Rio Blanco County. Colorado
Book (volume)
greater variety of minerals are found in Oxford County, alone, than anywhere else on Earth of comparable...than Maine's, as well. An area smaller than Oxford County in Murmansk Ob last, Kola Peninsula, Russia, has...clear to slightly blue topazes. However, San Diego County, California, is arguably the most important gem-pegmatite...Pennsylvania Amherst College Library, Amherst, Massachusetts Gail and Victor Blomquist library, Dresden,...Museum Archives, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts Richard P. Hauck library, Bloomfield, New Jersey
Report (issue)
Occurrence Of Monazite GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PROFESSIONAL PAPER 530 The Geologic Occurrence Of Monazite By WILLIAM...of monazite and of the geologic A review controls affecting the amount of thorium in monazite UNITED...________________ - ___ -_-_------Description of monazite __ ---- _____________ -----Discovery, synonymy...Age relations _________________ ----_-_-_--------Monazite localities ___ --- _______ -- ____________ -----_Africa... 43 43 43 43 46 47 47 48 48 48 49 50 50 51 Monazite localities-Continued Asia ______________ - --
Book (edition)
a new locality situated near Murfreesboro, Pike County, Arkansas. The stones are found here not only in...Allemont, France; Chile; South Ham, Canada; York County, New Brunswick, etc. silver veins Use. Minor...comes from the Cripple Creek District in Teller County, where the gold occurs only sparingly native, but...Miguel and Ouray in the San Juan District, and Lake County, containing the Leadville District, and Gilpin...respectively, and the Mercur District in Tooele County. Important foreign gold-producing countries are
Book (edition)
a new locality situated near Murfreesboro, Pike County, Aransas. The stones are found here not only in...France; Borneo; Chile; South Ham, Quebec; York County, New Brunswick, etc. Use. Minor ore of antimony...comes from the Cripple Creek District in Teller County, where the gold occurs only sparingly native, but...Miguel and Ouray in the San Juan District, and Lake County, containing the Leadville District, and Gilpin...respectively, and the Mercur District in Tooele County. Important foreign gold-producing countries are
Book (edition)
photographs. HARVARD UNIVERSITY Cambridge, Massachusetts INTRODUCTION A mineral may be defined as any...INSTRUMENTS, REAGENTS, AND METHODS OF THSTING.......ce-eeeeeeee2-. 95 (Mera POR UHE LE MENIS sonmardaatece...Mivurars ror A Cotmmerion’. :....2...)0.secn ee. ees. ce V. DETERMINATIVE Tara CID CHIEN sre sasnes:aor... 46 15 78 8 106.7 30.98 195.22 16.0000 Ca Cc Ce Cs Cl Cr Co Cb (Chul Dy Er Bu 20 6 58 1595) Wy 24...reduce soft, fusible. The inonndencess on c arco: ce will the Bright in reducing flame, | lead. To distinguish
Book (edition)
eee “Se Tele rat) tees ie Se ivergie: , ; oF Ce en, Sees 3) * Oe 8 ee ate 2 beer+O Cer... aest? renee ens heey eae So oe ee Oe sie e ers ce Sok "sean ey ve tee * wareee Se tea sas ae ete...tebeeb hay ee Kleeee8 EOF gare >0 Pe wie Ste Ce ere Peete eee & Ne. angieere Siaifie Pere we y...eeeVee eet WGl6 Oeerens res© reevite CUEeee SEAN swee Ce nee $9 peut SoevurersSieid7d 8 ea2 pees‘ erate...{2021}; r = l(a: ~a:4a:0), {Oll1};¢ = l(~a: ~a: wa: ce), {0001}. 62 MINERALOGY TABLE 8 Planes Horizontal
Book (edition)
The meridian passing through the pole of this fa ce is taken as zero. Thus, to determine the crystal... CRYSTALLOGRAPHY 38 from the south pole to the fa ce poles in the northern hemisphere. The corresponding...of Crystal F aces. this point lie all possible fa ce poles having the specified cf, angle. Positive cf...epidote gypsum heulandite kaolinite malachite monazite muscovite (and other micas) orpiment orthoclase...line about which it may be considered to take pla,ce is called the twin axis. (3) The two individuals
Book (edition)
at COPPER 137, the Elkhorn mine, Jefferson County; in Idaho at the Poorman mine, Silver City district;...a new locality situated near Mmfreesboro, Pike County, Arkansas. The stones are found here not only in...Butte, Montana; 1:t ; Halifax County, Virginia; Engels Mine, Plumas County, Californi. � ��M . . , Supenor...vein deposits located near WalJace in Shoshone County. Lead is produced in Utah from the silver deposits...161 Maine; was found at the Gap Mine, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania; in considerable amount at Ducktown
Book (edition)
Minerals, by the late Raymond Easthampton, Massachusetts, E. by Paul E. Desautels and Dr. George Switzer...the out- standing shows of the annual San Diego County Fair at Del Mar, California. In addition, the collections...Zircon is commonly affected by thorium, as is monazite and other minerals containing rare earth elements...+4 Pbesnyeet Charge +2,4,6 +344 S, Te, Se Ti, Ce =D =o SiO, Si,0, —(inosilicate) (phyllosilicate)...electrons. a ea atoms of iron NEGATIVE (anion) Bae CE MENT, aot atoms of oxygen The symbol for RiGee
Book (edition)
Schortmann of Schortmann's Minerals, Easthampton, Massachusetts, by Paul E. Desautels and Dr. George Switzer...at the outstanding shows of the annual San Diego County Fair at Del Mar, California. In addition, the collections...New York, Schortmann's Minerals, Easthampton, Massachusetts, Burminco, Monrovia, California, Filer's, Redlands...Zn As Se Br Sr Zr Nb Nfo Ag Cd Sn Sb Te I Cs Ba Ce Ta w Pt Au Hg Pb Bi Th u 20 ATOMS AND MINERALS...Zircon is commonly affected by thorium, as is monazite and other minerals containing rare earth elements
Book (edition)
Mineralogical Museum, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts. Gilbert Gauthier: Maisons Laffitte, Paris,...Mineralogical Museum, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts. Henry O. Meyer (deceased): Dept. of Earth Sciences...Pennsylvania. Thalassa Skinner: Cambridge, Massachusetts. Dorian G. W. Smith: Dept. of Geology, Univ...Commission on New Minerals and Mineral Names (CNMMN) ce; Proposals for a new mineral should include (1) the...discovered: for example, tritomite-(Ce) and tritomite-(Y) are end members [Ce+Y] in the tritomite series [AM
Book (edition)
re-rendered using computer techniques. \ = \( ys» MNIX| Ce Mune PREFACE FIG. A_ FIG. A (d) Halite (1949)...September 1, 2005, at the age of 99, in Lexington, Massachusetts. Connie, as he was known to family and friends...Harvard Mineralogical Museum in Cambridge, Massachusetts, for his generous help in the photography of... eam. eth Fvthier aati a 22. DETE suinacrbh AAS ce —— haipiiirorsa ead a ebaicnaltecr Sk ‘ AG LOCATIONS...= €eoeOD CQO OE G) Weeks 2S Oe ip SSO Seay Tey 1) ce) Geiss Co | iS y Zl = ; AAA NY TL) eu AN N‘
Book (edition)
rr1orphological expression of a 4-fold rotoinversion axis. A cE~nter of syrnmetry is present in a crystal if an imaginary...epidote gypsum heulandite kaolinite rnalachite monazite muscovite (and other micas) orpin1ent orthoclase... 82 83 90 92 Element Cd In Sn Sb Te I Cs Ba La Ce Pr Nd Sm Eu Gd Tb Dy Ho Er Tm Yb Lu Hf Ta w Re...ca>+ 1.01 Pr'h 1.06 Ncl3'" 1.04 CeH 0.94 Pr + 0.92 Ce 90 91 Th 1.80 Pa Th•+ 1.02 Pa•+- 1.13 Pa0 0.98 Pa""...*62. *63. *64. *65. *66. *67. *68. *69. *70. *71. Ce Pr Nd Pm Sm Eu Gd Tb Dy Ho Er Tm Yb Lu 2 2 2 2 2
Book (edition)
University, goniometric studies Cambridge, Massachusetts in crystallography and mineral paragenesis;...determination of Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts the optical properties of H. Kraus, University...Martin J. Buerger, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts development structural...mineralogy; characterization of new Cambridge, Massachusetts thorium; co-author of Dana's 1965 Adolph...evaluation of petrologic systems; Cambridge, Massachusetts thermodynamics of mineral metamorphic reactions
Book (edition)
Graphics, Inc. and printed and bound by Courier Westford. Recognizing the importance of preserving what...University of Michigan 1958 Martin J. Buerger, Massachusetts Institute of Technology 1959 Felix L Machatschki...crystallographers cannot isolate the ce ll, but they can measure accurately the ce ll dimensions in angstrom units...express the relative, not the absolute, lengths of the ce ll edges that correspond to the crystallographic...-a3 I I -c - c - l' crystal face crystal fa ce -a3 crystal face -a3 Intercepts for shaded faces:
Book (edition)
(°C) kelvins (K) 5/9 (°F — 32); F = Fahrenheit Ke Ce 273.15; Co= Celsius: absolute zero = —273.15°C Pressure...for 35 years of The 1958 Martin J. Buerger, Massachusetts Institute of Technology American Mineralogist...Conventional lettering of forms on crystal drawings. c ie Ce “Ss FIG. 2.38. Crystal zones and zone axes. [001]...in. sheet of WW" GY GY lity, RUS ee RAVAN LIES Ce S Le SSSOOEYVIGES Teeter equal to 0°. Any face... ie b om) i @ 110 210 2/m 2/m 2/m = (d) (ce) FIG. 2.50. (a) A crystal of the orthorhombic mineral
Book (edition)
avceh| ( —— plane 7} \ \ipel \e ih a a C , Ce | a SSS oV\ \ / | | ) —_—Sa | ete ————... University of Michigan Martin J. Buerger, Massachusetts Institute of Technology Felix L. Machatschki...barite crystals. Quartz Quartz (a) (b) Barite (ce) INTERGROWTHS, TWINS, AND STRIATIONS Contact Twin...Granite (G-1) Rh Pd Ag Cd In Sn Sb Te | Cs Ba La Ce Pe Nd Sm Eu Gd Tb Dy Ho Er Tm Yb Lu Hf Ta Ww Re Os...Cerium Cesium Chlorine Chromium Bi Bh B Br Cd Ca Cf C Ce Cs Cl Cr 83 107 5 35 48 20 98 6 58 55 ADy/ 24 Cobalt
 
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