well, what (the real meaning of) monazite is..
August 30, 2011
Monazite is a reddish-brown phosphate mineral containing rare earth metals. It occurs usually in small isolated crystals. The name monazite comes from a Greek word, monazein, which means "to be alone". It is an apt name as it is an allusion to the typical crystal habit of primary origin for monazite as isolated individual crystals in phosphatic pegmatites. Solitary crystals all alone in a dissimilar crystalline matrix. The name does seem to fit.
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