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Monazite-(Ce)

monazite-(Ce)

CePO4

Monazite-(Ce) - RARE16J-43 - Serra Espinhaca - Brazil Mineral Specimen

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Overview

Monazite-(Ce) (CePO4) is the most common representative of the monazite group. It is the cerium-dominant analogue of monazite-(La), monazite-(Nd), and monazite-(Sm). It is also the phosphorus analogue of gasparite-(Ce). The group contains simple rare earth phosphate minerals with the general formula of AXO4, where A = Ce, La, Nd, or Sm (or, rarely, Bi), and X = P or, rarely, As. The A site may also bear Ca and Th.

Scientific references

  1. Monazite-(Ce) — Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3860580 Link
  2. Monazite-(Ce) — Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monazite-(Ce) Link