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Monazite-(Ce)

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Monazite-(Ce)

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Description
Locality: 
Kansanshi Mine, Solwezi District, North-Western Province, Zambia
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Thumbnail (1-3cm)
Size: 
1.1 × 0.8 × 0.5 cm
Description

Orange monazite-(Ce) group from the Kansanshi mine, Zambia. Specimen is dated to the year 1984. 

Rare mineral. 

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Monazite-(Ce)

Formula: 
(Ce,La,Nd,Th)(PO4)
Strunz: 
8.AD.50
Hardness: 
5.0 - 5.5
Type Locality: 
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