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monazite

Noun

mon=a=zite

WORDNET DICTIONARY

monazite(n = noun.substance) Array - a reddish-brown mineral containing rare earth metals; an important source of thorium and cerium; Array

monazite, n. [From Gr. mona`zein to be solitary, in allusion to its isolated crystals.].

A mineral occurring usually in small isolated crystals, -- a phosphate of the cerium metals. [1913 Webster]

monazite, n. a phosphate mineral containing rare-earth elements and thorium.

Etymology

G Monazit f. Gk monazo live alone (because of its rarity)

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