English
Image:MonaziteUSGOV.jpg|thumb|Monazite powder
Noun
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en-noun
#mineralogy any of a range of reddish-brown minerals that are mixed phosphates of the lighter rare earth elements lanthanum, cerium, praseodymium, neodymium, promethium, samarium, europium, gadolinium and yttrium
Usage notes
the dominant element is denoted by a suffix e.g. monazite-Ce
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