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| | monazite Basic information |
| Product Name: | monazite | | Synonyms: | monazite;phosphocerite | | CAS: | | | MF: | | | MW: | 0 | | EINECS: | | | Product Categories: | | | Mol File: | Mol File | ![monazite Structure]() |
| | monazite Chemical Properties |
| | monazite Usage And Synthesis |
| Chemical Properties | Yellowish to reddish-brown color, vitre-ous to resinous luster, white streak. | | Physical properties | Habit: crystalline, tabular, prismatic.
Color: black, gray, brown, red, yellow, green, or
orange.
Diaphaneity: transparent to opaque.
Luster: adamantine, resinous (Th rich).
Streak: grayish white.
Cleavage: (001) distinct, (100) indistinct.
Twinning: {100} common.
Fracture: uneven, subconchoidal.
Chemical: slightly soluble in hot conc. H2SO4. When
wetted by H2SO4, color the Bunsen flame in blue-green. Unfusible.
Deposits: granodiorites,
syenites, granitic pegmatites, heavy mineral sands. | | Uses | Source of thorium, cerium, and other rare-earthmetals and compounds. | | Definition | A natural phosphate of the rare-earthmetals, principally the cerium and lanthanide met-als, usually with some thorium. Yttrium, calcium,iron, and silica are frequently present. Monazitesand is the crude natural material and is usuallypurified from other minerals before entering com-merce. |
| | monazite Preparation Products And Raw materials |
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