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Monazite

Name:From the Greek μουάζειυ "to be solitary" in allusion to the rarity of its presence in the first known localities.
Synonym of:Monazite-(Ce), Monazite-(La), Monazite-(Nd)


The name Monazite, without a elemental suffix, was the accepted name for all material in this group, regardless of the REE-bearing components' relative abundance. The suffixes were added when the naming convention for all REE-bearing members was devised and implemented.

Classification of Monazite

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Crystallography of Monazite

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Monazite no.1 - Goldschmidt (1913-1926)
Monazite no.37 - Goldschmidt (1913-1926)
Monazite no.116 - Goldschmidt (1913-1926)

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Other Names for Monazite

Other Languages:
Dutch:Monaziet
French:Monazite
German:Monazit
Hebrew:מונזיט
Italian:Monazite
Japanese:モナズ石
Korean:모나자이트
Norwegian (Bokmål):Monazitt
Polish:Monacyt
Portuguese:Monazita
Russian:Монацит
Simplified Chinese:獨居石
Spanish:Monazita
Swedish:Monazit
Tajik (Cyrillic Script):Монтсит
Telugu:మోనజైట్
Turkish:Monazit
Ukrainian:Монацит

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

Reference List:Breithaupt (1829) Journal für Chemie und Physik, Nuremberg: 55: 301 (as Monazit).

Brooke (1831) Philosophical Magazine and Journal of Science: 10: 139 (as Mengite).

Palache, C., Berman, H., & Frondel, C. (1951), The System of Mineralogy of James Dwight Dana and Edward Salisbury Dana, Yale University 1837-1892, Volume II. John Wiley and Sons, Inc., New York, 7th edition, revised and enlarged, 1124 pp.: 691-696.

Overstreet, W.C. (1967) The geologic occurrence of monazite. USGS Professional Paper 530: 114-118.

Demartin, F., Pilati, T., Diella, V., Donzelli, S., Gramaccioli, C.M. (1991a): Alpine monazite: further data. Can. Mineral., 29, 61-67.

Pan, Y., Fleet, M.E., and MacRae, N.D. (1993) Oriented monazite inclusions in apatite porphyroblasts from the Hemo gold deposit, Ontario, Canada. Mineralogical Magazine: 57: 697-707.

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    Localities for Monazite

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