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모나자이트

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모나자이트

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Also known as monazite series, monazite-(REE) series

Monazite is a primarily reddish-brown phosphate mineral that contains rare-earth elements. Due to variability in composition, monazite is considered a group of minerals. The most common species of the group is monazite-(Ce), that is, the cerium-dominant member of the group.

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Vinony files it under Lanthanide minerals, Minerals in space group 14 and Monoclinic minerals.

Its subject is documented across 48 Wikipedia language editions.

Key facts

Mineral.name
Monazite
Mineral.category
Phosphate minerals
Mineral.image
Monazite-(Ce)-164025.jpg
Mineral.imagesize
260px
Mineral.caption
Monazite-(Ce)
Mineral.strunz
8.AD.50
Mineral.system
Monoclinic
Mineral.class
Prismatic (2/m) (same H–M symbol)
Mineral.symmetry
P21/n
Mineral.color
Orange, purple, reddish brown, brown, pale yellow, pink, blue, green, gray,
Mineral.habit
Commonly as prismatic or wedge-shaped crystals
Mineral.twinning
Contact twins common
Mineral.cleavage
Distinct on [100] poor on [010]
Mineral.fracture
Conchoidal to uneven
Mineral.prop1
Magnetism
Mineral.prop1text
Paramagnetic, moderately strongly
Mineral.mohs
5.0–5.5
Mineral.luster
Resinous, vitreous to adamantine

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Image
Monazite-48115.jpg
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Commons category
Monazite
streak color
white
different from
monocyte
contains
thorium
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