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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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| Subject | Predicate | Object | Confidence | Src |
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| Monazite | 2V angle | 10–26° | 1.00 | infobox |
| Monazite | Category | Phosphate minerals | 1.00 | infobox |
| Monazite | Cleavage | Distinct on poor on | 1.00 | infobox |
| Monazite | Color | Orange, purple, reddish brown, brown, pale yellow, pink, blue, green, gray, | 1.00 | infobox |
| Monazite | Crystal class | Prismatic (2/m) (same H–M symbol) | 1.00 | infobox |
| Monazite | Crystal habit | Commonly as prismatic or wedge-shaped crystals | 1.00 | infobox |
| Monazite | Crystal system | Monoclinic | 1.00 | infobox |
| Monazite | Diaphaneity | Translucent to opaque | 1.00 | infobox |
| Monazite | Formula | .mw-parser-output .template-chem2-su{display:inline-block;font-size:80%;line-height:1;vertical-align:-0.35em}.mw-parser-output .template-chem2-su>span{display:block;text-align:l… | 1.00 | infobox |
| Monazite | Fracture | Conchoidal to uneven | 1.00 | infobox |
| Monazite | Luster | Resinous, vitreous to adamantine | 1.00 | infobox |
| Monazite | Magnetism | Paramagnetic, moderately strongly | 1.00 | infobox |
| Monazite | Melting point | 1900–2100 | 1.00 | infobox |
| Monazite | Mohs scale hardness | 5.0–5.5 | 1.00 | infobox |
| Monazite | Optical properties | Biaxial (+) | 1.00 | infobox |
| Monazite | Other characteristics | Radioactive if uranium and/or thorium-rich, dull brown cathodoluminescence, paramagnetic | 1.00 | infobox |
| Monazite | Pleochroism | Weak | 1.00 | infobox |
| Monazite | Refractive index | nα = 1.770–1.793 nβ = 1.778–1.800 nγ = 1.823–1.860 | 1.00 | infobox |
| Monazite | Space group | P21/n | 1.00 | infobox |
| Monazite | Specific gravity | 4.6–5.7 (4.98–5.43 for monazite-Ce) | 1.00 | infobox |
| Monazite | Streak | White | 1.00 | infobox |
| Monazite | Strunz classification | 8.AD.50 | 1.00 | infobox |
| Monazite | Twinning | Contact twins common | 1.00 | infobox |
| Monazite | is a | primarily reddish-brown phosphate mineral that contains rare-earth elements | 0.90 | text |
| Monazite | is a | important ore for thorium | 0.90 | text |
| Monazite | is a | far more effective material for containing radioactive waste due to its low leaching rates and slow corrosion rate.In a second study natural monazite is found to have an enhance… | 0.90 | text |
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