مونازیت
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.
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