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Monazite-(Sm)

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Brown Derby No. 1, Brown Derby Mine, Quartz Creek Pegmatite District, Gunnison Co., Colorado, USA

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Formula:
(Sm,Gd,Ce,Th)(PO
 
4
)
System:MonoclinicColour:white to yellow
Member of:Monazite Group
Name:From the Greek μουάζειυ "to be solitary" in allusion to the rarity of its presence in the first known localities, plus "Sm" as the Sm-dominant member of the Monazite series.


Monazite Group

Classification of Monazite-(Sm)

IMA status:Approved 2001
Strunz 8th edition ID:7/A.15-32
Nickel-Strunz 10th (pending) edition ID:8.AD.50

8 : PHOSPHATES, ARSENATES, VANADATES
A : Phosphates, etc. without additional anions, without H2O
D : With only large cations
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Type Occurrence of Monazite-(Sm)

Type Locality:Annie Claim #3 pegmatite, Bird River Greenstone Belt, Manitoba, Canada

Physical Properties of Monazite-(Sm)

Lustre:Vitreous, Greasy
Diaphaneity (Transparency):Transparent, Translucent
Colour:white to yellow
Streak:white
Cleavage:Distinct/Good
Density (calculated):5.51 g/cm3

Crystallography of Monazite-(Sm)

Crystal System:Monoclinic
Class (H-M):2/m - Prismatic
Space Group:P21/m {P1 1 21/m} {P21/m} {P1 21/m 1}
Cell Parameters:a = 6.725Å, b = 6.936Å, c = 6.448Å
β = 104.02°
Ratio:a:b:c = 0.97 : 1 : 0.93
Unit Cell Volume:V 291.8 ų
Z:4

Chemical Properties of Monazite-(Sm)

Formula:
(Sm,Gd,Ce,Th)(PO
 
4
)
All elements listed in formula:Ce, Gd, O, P, Sm, Th

Relationship of Monazite-(Sm) to other Species

Member of:Monazite Group
Other Members of Group:

- +
Cheralite
(Ca,Ce)(Th,Ce)(PO
 
4
)
 
2
Gasparite-(Ce)
(Ce,REE)(AsO
 
4
)
Monazite
Monazite-(Ce)
(Ce,La,Nd,Th)(PO
 
4
)
Monazite-(La)
(La,Ce,Nd)(PO
 
4
)
Monazite-(Nd)
(Nd,La,Ce)(PO
 
4
)
Rooseveltite
Bi(AsO
 
4
)
Turnerite
Unnamed (Gd-dominant monazite)
((Gd,Y,Dy,Sm,Nd),Th,Ca)PO
 
4
Related Minerals - Nickel-Strunz Grouping):

- +
8.AD.05Nahpoite
Na
 
2
HPO
 
4
8.AD.10Monetite
Ca(HPO
 
4
)
8.AD.10Weilite
Ca(HAsO
 
4
)
8.AD.10Švenekite
Ca(H
 
2
AsO
 
4
)
 
2
8.AD.15Archerite
(K,NH
 
4
)(H
 
2
PO
 
4
)
8.AD.15Biphosphammite
(NH
 
4
,K)(H
 
2
PO
 
4
)
8.AD.20Phosphammite
(NH
 
4
)
 
2
(HPO
 
4
)
8.AD.25Buchwaldite
NaCa(PO
 
4
)
8.AD.30Schultenite
Pb(HAsO
 
4
)
8.AD.35Chernovite-(Y)
Y(AsO
 
4
)
8.AD.35Dreyerite
Bi(VO
 
4
)
8.AD.35Wakefieldite-(Ce)
Ce(VO
 
4
)
8.AD.35Wakefieldite-(Y)
Y(VO
 
4
)
8.AD.35Xenotime-(Y)
Y(PO
 
4
)
8.AD.35Pretulite
Sc(PO
 
4
)
8.AD.35Xenotime-(Yb)
(Yb,Y,HREE)(PO
 
4
)
8.AD.35Wakefieldite-(La)
La(VO
 
4
)
8.AD.40Pucherite
Bi(VO
 
4
)
8.AD.45Ximengite
Bi(PO
 
4
)
8.AD.50Gasparite-(Ce)
(Ce,REE)(AsO
 
4
)
8.AD.50Monazite-(Ce)
(Ce,La,Nd,Th)(PO
 
4
)
8.AD.50Monazite-(La)
(La,Ce,Nd)(PO
 
4
)
8.AD.50Monazite-(Nd)
(Nd,La,Ce)(PO
 
4
)
8.AD.50Rooseveltite
Bi(AsO
 
4
)
8.AD.50Cheralite
(Ca,Ce)(Th,Ce)(PO
 
4
)
 
2
8.AD.50UM2005-35-VO:CaFePSiTh
(Th,Ca)(VO
 
4
,SiO
 
4
,PO
 
4
)
8.AD.55Tetrarooseveltite
Bi(AsO
 
4
)
8.AD.60Chursinite
(Hg
+
2
)
 
0.5
Hg
2+
 
(AsO
 
4
)
8.AD.65Clinobisvanite
Bi(VO
 
4
)

Other Names for Monazite-(Sm)

Synonyms:
IMA2001-001
Other Languages:
Russian:Монацит-(Sm)
Simplified Chinese:独居石-(Sm)

Other Information

Health Warning:No information on health risks for this material has been entered into the database. You should always treat mineral specimens with care.

References for Monazite-(Sm)

Reference List:

- +
Masau, M., P. Cerny, M.A. Cooper, R. Chapman & J. Grice (2002): Monazite-(Sm), a new member of the monazite group from the Annie Claim #3 granitic pegmatite, southeastern Manitoba. Canadian Mineralogist: 40: 1649-1655.

Mitt. Öster. Mineral. Gesell. (2001): 146: 189-190.

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    • Localities for Monazite-(Sm)

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    • Salta
    		M. del Blanco, H. Echeveste y R. Plá (1996). Mineralización de tierras raras y torio en carbonatitas, sierra de Cobres, provincias de Salta y Jujuy. 3ra Reunión de Mineralogía y Metalogenia. Instituto de Recursos Minerales, UNLP. Publicación 5:91-97.
    M. del Blanco, H. Echeveste, H. y R. Plá (1996). Mineralización de tierras raras y torio en carbonatitas, sierra de Cobres, provincias de Salta y Jujuy. 3ra Reunión de Mineralogía y Metalogenia. Instituto de Recursos Minerales, UNLP. Publicación 5:91-97.
    Canada
     
    • Manitoba
      • Bird River Greenstone Belt
    		M. Masau, P. Cerny, M.A. Cooper, R. Chapman & J. Grice (2002) Can. Mineral. 40, 1649-1655
    Russia
     
    • Eastern-Siberian Region
      • Tuva Republic
        • Sayan Mts
          • Eastern Sayan
    		P.M. Kartashov data
    USA
     
    • Colorado
      • Gunnison Co.
        • Quartz Creek Pegmatite District
          • Brown Derby Mine
    		Collected by Rudy Bolona; confirmed analysis by George B. Morgan University of Oklahoma, Oct. 2009.
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