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Monazite-(Nd)

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Siglo Veinte Mine (Siglo XX Mine; Llallagua Mine; Catavi), Llallagua, Bustillo Province (Bustillos Province), Potosí Department, Bolivia
© Saul Krotki 2007

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Formula:
(Nd,La,Ce)PO
 
4
Hardness:5 - 5½
Name:From the Greek μουάζειυ "to be solitary" in allusion to the rarity of its presence in the first known localities, plus "Nd" as the Nd-dominant member of the Monazite series.


Monazite Group

Classification of Monazite-(Nd)

IMA status:Approved 1986
Strunz 8th edition ID:7/A.15-30
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
Dana 8th edition ID:38.4.3.5

38 : ANHYDROUS NORMAL PHOSPHATES, ARSENATES, AND VANADATES
4 : AXO4
Hey's CIM Ref.:19.9.5

19 : Phosphates
9 : Phosphates of rare earths and Sc
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Physical Properties of Monazite-(Nd)

Hardness (Mohs):5 - 5½

Optical Data of Monazite-(Nd)

Type:Biaxial (+)
RI values: nα = 1.770 - 1.800 nβ = 1.771 - 1.802 nγ = 1.830 - 1.850
Maximum Birefringence:δ = 0.060

Chart shows birefringence interference colour range (at 30µm thickness) and does not take into account mineral colouration.
Surface Relief:Very High
Dispersion:extreme

Chemical Properties of Monazite-(Nd)

Formula:
(Nd,La,Ce)PO
 
4
Essential elements:Nd, O, P
All elements listed in formula:Ce, La, Nd, O, P

Relationship of Monazite-(Nd) to other Species

Related to:
  • Monazite Group
    • Related Minerals - Nickel-Strunz Grouping):

    - +
    8.AD.05Nahpoite
    Na
     
    2
    		HPO
     
    4
    8.AD.10Monetite
    CaHPO
     
    4
    8.AD.10Weilite
    CaHAsO
     
    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
    NaCaPO
     
    4
    8.AD.30Schultenite
    PbHAsO
     
    4
    8.AD.35Chernovite-(Y)
    YAsO
     
    4
    8.AD.35Dreyerite
    BiVO
     
    4
    8.AD.35Wakefieldite-(Ce)
    (Ce,Pb)VO
     
    4
    8.AD.35Wakefieldite-(Y)
    YVO
     
    4
    8.AD.35Xenotime-(Y)
    YPO
     
    4
    8.AD.35Pretulite
    ScPO
     
    4
    8.AD.35Xenotime-(Yb)
    (Yb,Y,HREE)PO
     
    4
    8.AD.35Wakefieldite-(La)
    LaVO
     
    4
    8.AD.40Pucherite
    BiVO
     
    4
    8.AD.45Ximengite
    BiPO
     
    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.50Rooseveltite
    BiAsO
     
    4
    8.AD.50Cheralite
    (Ca,Ce)(Th,Ce)[PO
     
    4
    		]
     
    2
    8.AD.50Monazite-(Sm)
    (Sm,Gd,Ce,Th)(PO
     
    4
    		)
    8.AD.50UM2005-35-VO:CaFePSiTh
    (Th,Ca)[VO
     
    4
    		,SiO
     
    4
    		,PO
     
    4
    		]
    8.AD.55Tetrarooseveltite
    Bi(AsO
     
    4
    		)
    8.AD.60Chursinite
    (Hg-Hg)
     
    0.5
    		Hg
    2+
     
    		[AsO
     
    4
    		]
    8.AD.65Clinobisvanite
    BiVO
     
    4
    Related Minerals - Hey's Index Grouping:

    - +
    19.9.1Xenotime-(Y)
    YPO
     
    4
    19.9.2Churchite-(Y)
    YPO
     
    4
    		·2H
     
    2
    		O
    19.9.3Monazite-(Ce)
    (Ce,La,Nd,Th)PO
     
    4
    19.9.4Monazite-(La)
    (La,Ce,Nd)PO
     
    4
    19.9.6Rhabdophane-(Ce)
    (Ce,La)PO
     
    4
    		·H
     
    2
    		O
    19.9.7Rhabdophane-(La)
    (La,Ce)PO
     
    4
    		·H
     
    2
    		O
    19.9.8Rhabdophane-(Nd)
    (Nd,Ce,La)PO
     
    4
    		·H
     
    2
    		O
    19.9.9Vitusite-(Ce)
    Na
     
    3
    		(Ce,La,Nd)(PO
     
    4
    		)
     
    2
    19.9.10Florencite-(Ce)
    CeAl
     
    3
    		[(OH)
     
    6
    		|(PO
     
    4
    		)
     
    2
    		]
    19.9.11Florencite-(La)
    LaAl
     
    3
    		[(OH)
     
    6
    		|(PO
     
    4
    		)
     
    2
    		]
    19.9.12Florencite-(Nd)
    NdAl
     
    3
    		[(OH)
     
    6
    		|(PO
     
    4
    		)
     
    2
    		]
    19.9.13Kolbeckite
    ScPO
     
    4
    		·2H
     
    2
    		O

    Other Names for Monazite-(Nd)

    Synonyms:
    IMA1986-052
    Other Languages:
    Russian:Монацит-(Nd)

    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-(Nd)

    Reference List:American Mineralogist (1983): 68: 849.

    Graeser, St. & Schwander, H. (1987): Gasparite-(Ce) and monazite-(Nd): two new minerals to the monazite group from the Alps. Schweiz. Mineral. Petrogr. Mitt., 67, 101-113.

    American Mineralogist (1988): 73: 1495.

    Schweizerische mineralogische und petrographische Mitteilungen (1987): 67: 103-113.

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    Localities for Monazite-(Nd)

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    Australia
     
    • Tasmania
      • Interview River district
    		Bottrill & Baker (in prep) Catalogue of minerals of Tasmania
    China
     
    Zhang Peishan, Yang Zhuming, Tao Kejie, and Yang Xueming (1996): \"Mineralogy and Geology of Rare Earths in China\", Science Press (Beijing), 226 pp.
    Greece
     
    • Attikí (Attica; Attika) Prefecture
      • Western Attikí District
        • Megara
    		Bull. Acad. Serbe Sci. Art,72, #20, 35-42
    Italy
     
    • Piedmont
      • Verbano-Cusio-Ossola Province
        • Formazza Valley
          • Vallone del Vannino
    		Graeser, St. & Schwander, H. (1987): Gasparite-(Ce) and monazite-(Nd): two new minerals to the monazite group from the Alps. Schweiz. Mineral. Petrogr. Mitt.: 67, 101-113.
    Russia
     
    • Eastern-Siberian Region
      • Prebaikalia (Pribaikal'e)
        • Irkutskaya Oblast'
          • Bodaibo
            • Lena Gold District
              • Kropotkinsky ore cluster
    		http://www.igem.ru/igem/chem/pt/sukhloge.htm; Pavel M. Kartashov data
    • Western-Siberian Region
      • Polar Urals
        • Omskaya Oblast'
    		Repina, S.A. (2008): Geology of Ore Deposits 50(7), 609-619.
    USA
     
    • North Carolina
      • Yancey Co.
        • Pisgah National Forest
          • Spruce Pine District
            • Black Mtn-Bowlens Creek Area
              • Burnsville
                • Hurricane Mt.
    • Wisconsin
      • Marathon Co.
    		Hanson, S.L., et al (1999) Rocks and Minerals, 74, 184
    Hanson, S.L., et al (1999) Rocks and Minerals, 74, 184
        • Wausau pluton
          • "Rotten granite" quarries
    		Thomas Buchholz, 1999 "Minerals of a Wausau Pegmatite, Marathon County, Wisconsin", Rocks and Minerals, vol .74 #4, p. 254 - 258.
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