Meaning Of The Word Monazite

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monazite in American English
a yellow or brownish-red native phosphate of the rare-earth elements, a major source of thorium, cerium, lanthanum, neodymium, etc.
noun: a reddish- or yellowish-brown mineral, a phosphate of cerium and lanthanum, (Ce, La) PO4: the principal ore of thorium

monazite in British English
noun: a yellow to reddish-brown mineral consisting of a phosphate of thorium, cerium, and lanthanum in monoclinic crystalline form

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