Monazite

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

phosphate de terres rares

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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Wikidata facts

Subclass of: phosphate mineral
Image: Monazite-48115.jpg

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Commons category: Monazite
streak color: white
crystal system: monoclinic crystal system
different from: monocyte
contains: thorium

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Article · Français

La monazite n'est pas une espèce minérale mais un nom générique qui recouvre trois espèces distinctes : * la monazite-(Ce), * la monazite-(La), et * la monazite-(Nd).

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