[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"minerals:one:2752":3},{"id":4,"longid":5,"guid":6,"name":7,"shortcode_ima":8,"entrytype":9,"entrytype_text":10,"varietyof":11,"synid":11,"polytypeof":11,"groupid":12,"weighting":13,"nolocadd":14,"blacklisted":14,"mindat_formula":15,"mindat_formula_note":11,"ima_formula":15,"elements":16,"sigelements":20,"key_elements":21,"impurities":11,"cim":22,"ima_status":23,"ima_notes":11,"ima_history":11,"approval_year":11,"publication_year":11,"discovery_year":11,"strunz10ed1":25,"strunz10ed2":26,"strunz10ed3":27,"strunz10ed4":28,"dana8ed1":29,"dana8ed2":30,"dana8ed3":31,"dana8ed4":32,"csystem":33,"cclass":34,"spacegroup":11,"spacegroupset":35,"a":36,"b":37,"c":38,"alpha":35,"beta":39,"gamma":35,"aerror":11,"berror":11,"cerror":11,"alphaerror":11,"betaerror":11,"gammaerror":11,"va3":11,"z":40,"csmetamict":14,"commentcrystal":41,"twinning":11,"tranglide":11,"parting":11,"epitaxidescription":11,"morphology":11,"tlform":11,"hmin":34,"hmax":42,"hardtype":11,"vhnmin":35,"vhnmax":35,"vhnerror":11,"vhng":11,"vhns":11,"commenthard":11,"dmeas":43,"dmeas2":44,"dcalc":45,"dmeaserror":11,"dcalcerror":11,"commentdense":11,"lustre":11,"lustretype":11,"commentluster":11,"diapheny":11,"streak":11,"colour":11,"commentcolor":11,"colors":11,"streak_colors":11,"luminescence":11,"uv":11,"cleavage":11,"cleavagetype":11,"fracturetype":11,"tenacity":11,"commentbreak":11,"opticaltype":46,"opticalsign":47,"opticalalpha":48,"opticalalpha2":49,"opticalalphaerror":11,"opticalbeta":50,"opticalbeta2":51,"opticalbetaerror":11,"opticalgamma":52,"opticalgamma2":53,"opticalgammaerror":11,"opticalomega":35,"opticalomega2":35,"opticalomegaerror":11,"opticalepsilon":35,"opticalepsilon2":35,"opticalepsilonerror":11,"opticaln":35,"opticaln2":35,"opticalnerror":11,"optical2vcalc":54,"optical2vcalc2":55,"optical2vcalcerror":11,"optical2vmeasured":54,"optical2vmeasured2":35,"optical2vmeasurederror":11,"rimin":56,"rimax":57,"opticaldispersion":58,"opticalpleochroism":11,"opticalpleochorismdesc":11,"opticalbirefringence":11,"opticalcomments":11,"opticalcolour":11,"opticalinternal":11,"opticaltropic":11,"opticalanisotropism":11,"opticalbireflectance":11,"opticalextinction":11,"opticalr":11,"specdispm":11,"ir":11,"electrical":11,"magnetism":11,"thermalbehaviour":11,"other":11,"industrial":11,"occurrence":11,"otheroccurrence":11,"type_specimen_store":11,"description_short":59,"aboutname":60,"rock_parent":11,"rock_parent2":11,"rock_root":9,"rock_bgs_code":11,"meteoritical_code":11,"updttime":61,"reviewed_at":11,"variety_of":11,"varieties":62,"group_members":63,"associates":87,"confused_with":88,"type_localities":89,"occurrence_total":94,"citations":95,"images":133,"structures":232,"synonyms":240,"language_names":242,"wikidata_qid":268,"texts":269},2752,"1:1:2752:2","2a215763-4d9d-4bf4-ac94-74a280dc317b","Monazite-(La)","Mnz-La",0,"mineral",null,2750,363,false,"La(PO\u003Csub>4\u003C\u002Fsub>)",[17,18,19],"La","O","P",[17,18,19],[17],"19.9.4",[24],"APPROVED","8","A","D","50","38","4","3","2","Monoclinic",5,"0","6.84","7.07","6.45","103.85",4,"Space group P21\u002Fn.",5.5,"5.17","5.27","5.13","Biaxial","+","1.77","1.8","1.7705","1.802","1.83","1.85","12","24",1.77,1.85,"extreme","Monazite Group.","From the Greek μουάζειυ \"to be solitary\" in allusion to the rarity of its presence in the first known localities, plus \"La\" as the La-dominant member of the Monazite series.","2026-05-07 19:19:23",[],[64,71,76,82],{"id":65,"name":66,"entrytype":9,"csystem":33,"ima_formula":67,"mindat_formula":67,"hmin":34,"hmax":42,"dmeas":68,"dcalc":69,"primary_image_id":70},2751,"Monazite-(Ce)","Ce(PO\u003Csub>4\u003C\u002Fsub>)","5","5.26",16555,{"id":72,"name":73,"entrytype":9,"csystem":33,"ima_formula":74,"mindat_formula":74,"hmin":11,"hmax":11,"dmeas":11,"dcalc":75,"primary_image_id":11},470481,"Monazite-(Gd)","Gd(PO\u003Csub>4\u003C\u002Fsub>)","5.55",{"id":77,"name":78,"entrytype":9,"csystem":33,"ima_formula":79,"mindat_formula":79,"hmin":34,"hmax":42,"dmeas":35,"dcalc":80,"primary_image_id":81},2753,"Monazite-(Nd)","Nd(PO\u003Csub>4\u003C\u002Fsub>)","5.43",7635,{"id":83,"name":84,"entrytype":9,"csystem":33,"ima_formula":85,"mindat_formula":85,"hmin":11,"hmax":11,"dmeas":35,"dcalc":86,"primary_image_id":81},11438,"Monazite-(Sm)","Sm(PO\u003Csub>4\u003C\u002Fsub>)","5.51",[],[],[90],{"id":91,"txt":92,"latitude":11,"longitude":11,"country":93},18659,"Kounrad Massif, Balkhash, Karaganda Region, Kazakhstan","Kazakhstan",46,[96,100,105,109,114,119,124,128],{"id":97,"year":98,"html":99,"doi":11},524428,1966,"Levinson, A. A. (1966) A system of nomenclature for rare-earth minerals. \u003Ci>American Mineralogist\u003C\u002Fi>,  51 (1-2) 152-158 \u003Ca target='_blank' href='http:\u002F\u002Fwww.minsocam.org\u002Fammin\u002FAM51\u002FAM51_152.pdf' class='refpdflink'>\u003C\u002Fa>",{"id":101,"year":102,"html":103,"doi":104},2736283,1984,"Mullica, D.F., Milligan, W.O., Grossie, David A., Beall, G.W., Boatner, L.A. (1984) Ninefold coordination LaPO4: Pentagonal interpenetrating tetrahedral polyhedron. \u003Ci>Inorganica Chimica Acta\u003C\u002Fi>, 95 (4). 231-236 \u003Ca target='_blank' href='https:\u002F\u002Fdoi.org\u002F10.1016\u002Fs0020-1693(00)87472-1'>doi:10.1016\u002Fs0020-1693(00)87472-1\u003C\u002Fa>","10.1016\u002Fs0020-1693(00)87472-1",{"id":106,"year":107,"html":108,"doi":11},16966088,2005,"(2005) Monazite-(La). \u003Ci>Handbook of Mineralogy\u003C\u002Fi>. Mineralogical Society of America \u003Ca target='_blank' href='https:\u002F\u002Fwww.handbookofmineralogy.org\u002Fpdfs\u002Fmonazite-La.pdf' class='refpdflink'>\u003C\u002Fa>",{"id":110,"year":111,"html":112,"doi":113},17205,2014,"Starijaš Mayer, Biljana, Krenn, Erwin, Finger, Fritz (2014) Microcrystals of Th-rich monazite (La) with a negative Ce anomaly in metadiorite and their role for documenting Cretaceous metamorphism in the Slavonian Mountains (Croatia) \u003Ci>Mineralogy and Petrology\u003C\u002Fi>,  108 (2) 231-243 \u003Ca target='_blank' href='https:\u002F\u002Fdoi.org\u002F10.1007\u002Fs00710-013-0298-y'>doi:10.1007\u002Fs00710-013-0298-y\u003C\u002Fa>","10.1007\u002Fs00710-013-0298-y",{"id":115,"year":116,"html":117,"doi":118},4104122,2015,"Thust, Anja; Arinicheva, Yulia; Haussühl, Eiken; Ruiz-Fuertes, Javier; Bayarjargal, Lkhamsuren; Vogel, Sven C.; Neumeier, Stefan; Winkler, Björn (2015) Physical Properties of La1−xEuxPO4, 0 ≤ x ≤ 1, Monazite-Type Ceramics. \u003Ci>Journal of the American Ceramic Society\u003C\u002Fi>,  98 (12). p.4016-4021. \u003Ca target='_blank' href='https:\u002F\u002Fdoi.org\u002F10.1111\u002Fjace.13841'>doi:10.1111\u002Fjace.13841\u003C\u002Fa>","10.1111\u002Fjace.13841",{"id":120,"year":121,"html":122,"doi":123},593348,2017,"Hirsch, A.; Kegler, P.; Alencar, I.; Ruiz-Fuertes, J.; Shelyug, A.; Peters, L.; Schreinemachers, C.; Neumann, A.; Neumeier, S.; Liermann, H.-P.; et al. (2017) Structural, vibrational, and thermochemical properties of the monazite-type solid solution La1–xPrxPO4. \u003Ci>Journal of Solid State Chemistry\u003C\u002Fi>,  245. p.82-88. \u003Ca target='_blank' href='https:\u002F\u002Fdoi.org\u002F10.1016\u002Fj.jssc.2016.09.032'>doi:10.1016\u002Fj.jssc.2016.09.032\u003C\u002Fa>","10.1016\u002Fj.jssc.2016.09.032",{"id":125,"year":121,"html":126,"doi":127},154234,"Thust, Anja; Hirsch, Antje; Haussühl, Eiken; Schrodt, Nadine; Loison, Lise; Schott, Petra; Peters, Lars; Roth, Georg; Winkler, Björn (2017) Physical properties and microstructures of La1−xPrxPO4 monazite-ceramics. \u003Ci>Physics and Chemistry of Minerals\u003C\u002Fi>,  45 (4). p.323-332. \u003Ca target='_blank' href='https:\u002F\u002Fdoi.org\u002F10.1007\u002Fs00269-017-0921-2'>doi:10.1007\u002Fs00269-017-0921-2\u003C\u002Fa>","10.1007\u002Fs00269-017-0921-2",{"id":129,"year":130,"html":131,"doi":132},594360,2019,"Schlenz, H., Dellen, J., Kegler, P., Gatzen, C., Schreinemachers, C., Shelyug, A., Klinkenberg, M., Navrotsky, A., Bosbach, D. (2019) Structural and thermodynamic mixing properties of La1−xNdxPO4 monazite-type solid solutions. \u003Ci>Journal of Solid State Chemistry\u003C\u002Fi>,  270. 470-478 \u003Ca target='_blank' href='https:\u002F\u002Fdoi.org\u002F10.1016\u002Fj.jssc.2018.11.040'>doi:10.1016\u002Fj.jssc.2018.11.040\u003C\u002Fa>","10.1016\u002Fj.jssc.2018.11.040",[134,143,153,160,167,175,182,188,196,204,211,218,225],{"id":81,"source_url":135,"license_code":136,"credit_html":137,"title":138,"description":139,"author":140,"original_width":141,"original_height":142},"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=10175320","CC BY-SA 3.0","Robert M. Lavinsky, via \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=10175320\" rel=\"noopener\">Wikimedia Commons\u003C\u002Fa>","Monazite-48115.jpg","\u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FMonazite\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Monazite\">Monazite\u003C\u002Fa>\n\u003Cdl>\u003Cdd>\u003Cdl>\u003Cdd>Locality: Madagascar (\u003Ca rel=\"nofollow\" class=\"external text\" href=\"http:\u002F\u002Fwww.mindat.org\u002Floc-2247.html\">Locality at mindat.org\u003C\u002Fa>)\u003C\u002Fdd>\n\u003Cdd>A rare monazite crystal, SHARP as heck, and complete. This is a very fine example for the species in quality of form and crystallography and is likely an older piece from the early to mid 1900s, of which much was brought home from madagascar by French geologists such as Jean Behier who worked there. 3.1 x 1.9 x 0.6cm\u003C\u002Fdd>\u003C\u002Fdl>\u003C\u002Fdd>\u003C\u002Fdl>","Robert M. Lavinsky",345,400,{"id":144,"source_url":145,"license_code":146,"credit_html":147,"title":148,"description":149,"author":150,"original_width":151,"original_height":152},16574,"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=181810211","CC BY 4.0","David Hospital, via \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=181810211\" rel=\"noopener\">Wikimedia Commons\u003C\u002Fa>","Monazite-(La).jpg","Orange crystal aggregates of the rare member of the monazite group, monazite-(La), from Lovozero, Russia (Pegmatite #47, Lepkhe-Nel'm Mountain, Seidozero Lake, Lovozero Massif, Murmansk Oblast, Russian Federation). Ex. Erich Laskowski collection (USA).","David Hospital",800,542,{"id":70,"source_url":154,"license_code":136,"credit_html":155,"title":156,"description":157,"author":140,"original_width":158,"original_height":159},"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=10144038","Robert M. Lavinsky, via \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=10144038\" rel=\"noopener\">Wikimedia Commons\u003C\u002Fa>","Monazite-(Ce)-139650.jpg","\u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FMonazite\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Monazite\">Monazite-(Ce)\u003C\u002Fa>\n\u003Cdl>\u003Cdd>\u003Cdl>\u003Cdd>Locality: Siglo Veinte Mine (Siglo XX Mine; Llallagua Mine; Catavi), \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FLlallagua\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Llallagua\">Llallagua\u003C\u002Fa>, \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FRafael_Bustillo_Province\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Rafael Bustillo Province\">Rafael Bustillo Province\u003C\u002Fa>, \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FPotos%C3%AD_Department\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Potosí Department\">Potosí Department\u003C\u002Fa>, Bolivia (\u003Ca rel=\"nofollow\" class=\"external text\" href=\"http:\u002F\u002Fwww.mindat.org\u002Floc-336.html\">Locality at mindat.org\u003C\u002Fa>)\u003C\u002Fdd>\n\u003Cdd>Size: 4.0 x 3.4 x 2.1 cm.\u003C\u002Fdd>\n\u003Cdd>Monazite gets its name from the Greek word \"monazein\", which means \"to be alone\", in allusion to its isolated crystals and their rarity when first found. This is a remarkable, very well crystallized, ridiculously rare, specimen consisting of sharp, lustrous, gemmy, crystals of orange-pink, twinned crystals of Monazite-(Ce) on Quartz on matrix. Monazite is usually found in granitic pegmatites, but these crystals are found in hydrothermal tin veins where is an absolute absence of Thorium (usually a trace element in Monazite). It is very difficult to obtain any specimens of this incredibly beautiful and rare phosphate, especially in crystals from Bolivia like this. This piece is from the same mine for which this material was discovered along the Contacto and San Jose veins in this mine and was first described by Sam Gordon and Mark Bandy. It is so unbelievably rare to find matrix specimens of Monazite-(Ce) from any locality in Bolivia or anywhere else in the world. This species is often dark and opaque from most localities and rarely bright like these. These crystals also show a distinct color change in various lightings.\u003C\u002Fdd>\u003C\u002Fdl>\u003C\u002Fdd>\u003C\u002Fdl>",534,360,{"id":161,"source_url":162,"license_code":136,"credit_html":163,"title":164,"description":165,"author":140,"original_width":166,"original_height":159},16556,"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=10148334","Robert M. Lavinsky, via \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=10148334\" rel=\"noopener\">Wikimedia Commons\u003C\u002Fa>","Monazite-(Ce)-164025.jpg","\u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FMonazite\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Monazite\">Monazite-(Ce)\u003C\u002Fa>\n\u003Cdl>\u003Cdd>\u003Cdl>\u003Cdd>Locality: Siglo Veinte Mine (Siglo XX Mine; Llallagua Mine; Catavi), \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FLlallagua\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Llallagua\">Llallagua\u003C\u002Fa>, \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FRafael_Bustillo_Province\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Rafael Bustillo Province\">Rafael Bustillo Province\u003C\u002Fa>, \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FPotos%C3%AD_Department\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Potosí Department\">Potosí Department\u003C\u002Fa>, Bolivia (\u003Ca rel=\"nofollow\" class=\"external text\" href=\"http:\u002F\u002Fwww.mindat.org\u002Floc-336.html\">Locality at mindat.org\u003C\u002Fa>)\u003C\u002Fdd>\n\u003Cdd>Size: 3.2 x 3.1 x 2.2 cm.\u003C\u002Fdd>\n\u003Cdd>Monazite gets its name from the Greek word \"monazein\", which means \"to be alone\", in allusion to its isolated crystals and their rarity when first found. Monazite is usually found in granitic pegmatites, but these crystals are found in hydrothermal tin veins where is an absolute absence of Thorium (usually a trace element in Monazite). This is a remarkable, very well crystallized, ridiculously rare, specimen consisting of sharp, lustrous, translucent, orange-pink, twinned crystals on Monazite-(Ce) measuring up to 7 mm (!) on Quartz crystal matrix. These twins are some of the most distinct and impressive twinned Monazite crystals I have seen from Bolivia. The crystals actually perform a color change in different lighting ranging from orange-pink to almost colorless depending upon the light source. This specimen has some of the largest crystals I have seen from this mine, and this piece just came out of the ground a few months ago! It is very difficult to obtain any specimens of this incredibly beautiful and rare phosphate, especially in crystals from Bolivia like this. This piece is from the same mine for which this material was discovered along the Contacto and San Jose veins in this mine and was first described by Sam Gordon and Mark Bandy. It is so unbelievably rare to find matrix specimens of Monazite-(Ce) from any locality in Bolivia or anywhere else in the world. This species is often dark and opaque from most localities and rarely bright like these. These crystals also do a color change from indoor lighting to sunlight (more pink indoors). Ex. Brian Kosnar.\u003C\u002Fdd>\u003C\u002Fdl>\u003C\u002Fdd>\u003C\u002Fdl>",411,{"id":168,"source_url":169,"license_code":136,"credit_html":170,"title":171,"description":172,"author":140,"original_width":173,"original_height":174},16557,"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=10148861","Robert M. Lavinsky, via \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=10148861\" rel=\"noopener\">Wikimedia Commons\u003C\u002Fa>","Monazite-(Ce)-166908.jpg","\u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FMonazite\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Monazite\">Monazite-(Ce)\u003C\u002Fa>\n\u003Cdl>\u003Cdd>\u003Cdl>\u003Cdd>Locality: Siglo Veinte Mine (Siglo XX Mine; Llallagua Mine; Catavi), \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FLlallagua\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Llallagua\">Llallagua\u003C\u002Fa>, \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FRafael_Bustillo_Province\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Rafael Bustillo Province\">Rafael Bustillo Province\u003C\u002Fa>, \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FPotos%C3%AD_Department\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Potosí Department\">Potosí Department\u003C\u002Fa>, Bolivia (\u003Ca rel=\"nofollow\" class=\"external text\" href=\"http:\u002F\u002Fwww.mindat.org\u002Floc-336.html\">Locality at mindat.org\u003C\u002Fa>)\u003C\u002Fdd>\n\u003Cdd>Size: 4.5 x 3.9 x 2.2 cm.\u003C\u002Fdd>\n\u003Cdd>Monazite gets its name from the Greek word \"monazein\", which means \"to be alone\", in allusion to its isolated crystals and their rarity when first found. Monazite is usually found in granitic pegmatites, but these crystals are found in hydrothermal tin veins, where there is an absolute absence of Thorium (usually a trace element in Monazite). This is a remarkable, very well crystallized, ridiculously rare, specimen consisting of sharp, lustrous, translucent, orange-pink, twinned crystals on Monazite-(Ce) measuring up to 4 mm on Quartz crystal matrix. These twins are some of the most distinct and impressive twinned Monazite crystals I have seen from Bolivia. The crystals actually perform a color change in different lighting ranging from orange-pink to almost colorless depending upon the light source. This piece is from the same mine for which this material was discovered along the Contacto and San Jose veins in this mine and was first described by Sam Gordon and Mark Bandy.\u003C\u002Fdd>\u003C\u002Fdl>\u003C\u002Fdd>\u003C\u002Fdl>",500,398,{"id":176,"source_url":177,"license_code":136,"credit_html":178,"title":179,"description":180,"author":140,"original_width":181,"original_height":159},16558,"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=10150192","Robert M. Lavinsky, via \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=10150192\" rel=\"noopener\">Wikimedia Commons\u003C\u002Fa>","Monazite-(Ce)-172099.jpg","\u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FMonazite\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Monazite\">Monazite-(Ce)\u003C\u002Fa>\n\u003Cdl>\u003Cdd>\u003Cdl>\u003Cdd>Locality: Siglo Veinte Mine (Siglo XX Mine; Llallagua Mine; Catavi), \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FLlallagua\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Llallagua\">Llallagua\u003C\u002Fa>, \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FRafael_Bustillo_Province\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Rafael Bustillo Province\">Rafael Bustillo Province\u003C\u002Fa>, \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FPotos%C3%AD_Department\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Potosí Department\">Potosí Department\u003C\u002Fa>, Bolivia (\u003Ca rel=\"nofollow\" class=\"external text\" href=\"http:\u002F\u002Fwww.mindat.org\u002Floc-336.html\">Locality at mindat.org\u003C\u002Fa>)\u003C\u002Fdd>\n\u003Cdd>Size: 6.6 x 4.2 x 1.8 cm.\u003C\u002Fdd>\n\u003Cdd>Monazite gets its name from the Greek word \"monazein\", which means \"to be alone\", in allusion to its isolated crystals and their rarity when first found. Monazite is usually found in granitic pegmatites, but these crystals are found in hydrothermal tin veins where is an absolute absence of Thorium (usually a trace element in Monazite). This is a remarkable, very well crystallized, ridiculously rare, specimen hosting a sharp, lustrous, translucent, orange-pink, twinned crystal on Monazite-(Ce) measuring 7 mm (!) on Quartz crystals on matrix. There is also a smaller twin of equal quality on the piece. These twins are some of the most distinct and impressive twinned Monazite crystals I have seen from Bolivia. The crystals actually perform a color change in different lighting ranging from orange-pink to almost colorless depending upon the light source. This specimen has some of the largest crystals I have seen from this mine, and it just came out of the ground a few months ago! This piece is from the same mine for which this material was discovered along the Contacto and San Jose veins in this mine and was first described by Sam Gordon and Mark Bandy.\u003C\u002Fdd>\u003C\u002Fdl>\u003C\u002Fdd>\u003C\u002Fdl>",276,{"id":183,"source_url":184,"license_code":136,"credit_html":185,"title":186,"description":180,"author":140,"original_width":187,"original_height":159},16559,"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=10150195","Robert M. Lavinsky, via \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=10150195\" rel=\"noopener\">Wikimedia Commons\u003C\u002Fa>","Monazite-(Ce)-172101.jpg",359,{"id":189,"source_url":190,"license_code":136,"credit_html":191,"title":192,"description":193,"author":140,"original_width":194,"original_height":195},16560,"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=10160556","Robert M. Lavinsky, via \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=10160556\" rel=\"noopener\">Wikimedia Commons\u003C\u002Fa>","Monazite-(Ce)-210574.jpg","\u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FMonazite\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Monazite\">Monazite-(Ce)\u003C\u002Fa>\n\u003Cdl>\u003Cdd>\u003Cdl>\u003Cdd>Locality: Siglo Veinte Mine (Siglo XX Mine; Llallagua Mine; Catavi), \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FLlallagua\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Llallagua\">Llallagua\u003C\u002Fa>, \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FRafael_Bustillo_Province\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Rafael Bustillo Province\">Rafael Bustillo Province\u003C\u002Fa>, \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FPotos%C3%AD_Department\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Potosí Department\">Potosí Department\u003C\u002Fa>, Bolivia (\u003Ca rel=\"nofollow\" class=\"external text\" href=\"http:\u002F\u002Fwww.mindat.org\u002Floc-336.html\">Locality at mindat.org\u003C\u002Fa>)\u003C\u002Fdd>\n\u003Cdd>Size: 8.3 x 7.1 x 4.5 cm.\u003C\u002Fdd>\n\u003Cdd>Monazite gets its name from the Greek word \"monazein\", which means \"to be alone\", in allusion to its isolated crystals and their rarity when first found. Monazite is usually found in granitic pegmatites, but these crystals are found in hydrothermal tin veins where is an absolute absence of Thorium (usually a trace element in Monazite). This is a remarkable, very well crystallized, ridiculously rare, specimen hosting sharp, lustrous, translucent, orange-pink, twinned crystals of Monazite-(Ce) measuring 9 mm on Quartz crystals on matrix. These twins are some of the most distinct and impressive twinned Monazite crystals I have seen from Bolivia. The crystals actually perform a color change in different lighting ranging from orange-pink to almost colorless depending upon the light source. This piece is from the same mine for which this material was discovered along the Contacto and San Jose veins in this mine and was first described by Sam Gordon and Mark Bandy.\u003C\u002Fdd>\u003C\u002Fdl>\u003C\u002Fdd>\u003C\u002Fdl>",471,432,{"id":197,"source_url":198,"license_code":136,"credit_html":199,"title":200,"description":201,"author":140,"original_width":202,"original_height":203},16561,"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=10163946","Robert M. Lavinsky, via \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=10163946\" rel=\"noopener\">Wikimedia Commons\u003C\u002Fa>","Monazite-(Ce)-231259.jpg","\u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FMonazite\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Monazite\">Monazite-(Ce)\u003C\u002Fa>\n\u003Cdl>\u003Cdd>\u003Cdl>\u003Cdd>Locality: \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FLei\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Lei\">Leis\u003C\u002Fa>, Valé, \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FVals\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Vals\">Vals\u003C\u002Fa>, Vals Valley, Lugnez Valley (Lumnezia Valley), \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FGraub%C3%BCnden\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Graubünden\">Grischun (Grisons; Graubünden)\u003C\u002Fa>, Switzerland (\u003Ca rel=\"nofollow\" class=\"external text\" href=\"http:\u002F\u002Fwww.mindat.org\u002Floc-191754.html\">Locality at mindat.org\u003C\u002Fa>)\u003C\u002Fdd>\n\u003Cdd>Size: 5.4 x 4.4 x 3.3 cm.\u003C\u002Fdd>\n\u003Cdd>A very important locality specimen with a rich coating of sharp, gemmy, sub-mm brown monazite-(Ce) crystals and a minor associated anatase, from this old classic locality. Accompanied by a scan of the original Krantz label, dating from 1890-1900.\u003C\u002Fdd>\u003C\u002Fdl>\u003C\u002Fdd>\u003C\u002Fdl>",600,502,{"id":205,"source_url":206,"license_code":136,"credit_html":207,"title":208,"description":209,"author":140,"original_width":210,"original_height":159},16562,"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=10165617","Robert M. Lavinsky, via \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=10165617\" rel=\"noopener\">Wikimedia Commons\u003C\u002Fa>","Monazite-(Ce)-Quartz-242332.jpg","\u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FMonazite\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Monazite\">Monazite-(Ce)\u003C\u002Fa>, \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FQuartz\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Quartz\">Quartz\u003C\u002Fa>\n\u003Cdl>\u003Cdd>\u003Cdl>\u003Cdd>Locality: Siglo Veinte Mine (Siglo XX Mine; Llallagua Mine; Catavi), \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FLlallagua\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Llallagua\">Llallagua\u003C\u002Fa>, \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FRafael_Bustillo_Province\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Rafael Bustillo Province\">Rafael Bustillo Province\u003C\u002Fa>, \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FPotos%C3%AD_Department\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Potosí Department\">Potosí Department\u003C\u002Fa>, Bolivia (\u003Ca rel=\"nofollow\" class=\"external text\" href=\"http:\u002F\u002Fwww.mindat.org\u002Floc-336.html\">Locality at mindat.org\u003C\u002Fa>)\u003C\u002Fdd>\n\u003Cdd>Size: 3.5 x 2.6 x 1.3 cm.\u003C\u002Fdd>\n\u003Cdd>Monazite gets its name from the Greek word \"monazein\", which means \"to be alone\", in allusion to its isolated crystals and their rarity when first found. Monazite is usually found in granitic pegmatites, but these crystals are found in hydrothermal tin veins where is an absolute absence of Thorium (usually a trace element in Monazite). This is a remarkable, very well crystallized, ridiculously rare, specimen consisting of sharp, lustrous, translucent, orange-pink, twinned crystals on Monazite-(Ce) measuring up to 5 mm on Quartz crystals on matrix. The crystals actually perform a color change in different lighting ranging from orange-pink to a white\u002Fyellow depending upon the light source (more pink indoors). This piece is from the same mine at which this material was discovered along the Contacto and San Jose veins in this mine and was first described by Sam Gordon and Mark Bandy.\u003C\u002Fdd>\u003C\u002Fdl>\u003C\u002Fdd>\u003C\u002Fdl>",415,{"id":212,"source_url":213,"license_code":136,"credit_html":214,"title":215,"description":216,"author":140,"original_width":217,"original_height":151},53012,"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=10176122","Robert M. Lavinsky, via \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=10176122\" rel=\"noopener\">Wikimedia Commons\u003C\u002Fa>","Monazite-155027.jpg","\u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FMonazite\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Monazite\">Monazite\u003C\u002Fa>\n\u003Cdl>\u003Cdd>\u003Cdl>\u003Cdd>Locality: \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FSelva\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Selva\">Selva\u003C\u002Fa>, \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FTujetsch\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Tujetsch\">Sedrun\u003C\u002Fa>, \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FTujetsch\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Tujetsch\">Tujetsch (Tavetsch)\u003C\u002Fa>, Vorderrhein Valley, \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FGraub%C3%BCnden\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Graubünden\">Grischun (Grisons; Graubünden)\u003C\u002Fa>, Switzerland (\u003Ca rel=\"nofollow\" class=\"external text\" href=\"http:\u002F\u002Fwww.mindat.org\u002Floc-28873.html\">Locality at mindat.org\u003C\u002Fa>)\u003C\u002Fdd>\n\u003Cdd>Size: 3.3 x 2.7 x 1.4 cm.\u003C\u002Fdd>\n\u003Cdd>A GEMMY, transparent, stunning 6mm-long monazite on matrix from a classic old locality. Ex. American Museum of Natural History, Clarence Bement collection, donated in 1910.\u003C\u002Fdd>\u003C\u002Fdl>\u003C\u002Fdd>\u003C\u002Fdl>",749,{"id":219,"source_url":220,"license_code":136,"credit_html":221,"title":222,"description":223,"author":140,"original_width":202,"original_height":224},53013,"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=10176619","Robert M. Lavinsky, via \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=10176619\" rel=\"noopener\">Wikimedia Commons\u003C\u002Fa>","Monazite-201689.jpg","\u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FMonazite\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Monazite\">Monazite\u003C\u002Fa>\n\u003Cdl>\u003Cdd>\u003Cdl>\u003Cdd>Locality: Madiaomby pegmatite, Anjozorobe District, Ankazobe Pegmatite Field, \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FAnalamanga\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Analamanga\">Analamanga Region\u003C\u002Fa>, \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FAntananarivo_Province\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Antananarivo Province\">Antananarivo Province\u003C\u002Fa>, Madagascar (\u003Ca rel=\"nofollow\" class=\"external text\" href=\"http:\u002F\u002Fwww.mindat.org\u002Floc-108322.html\">Locality at mindat.org\u003C\u002Fa>)\u003C\u002Fdd>\n\u003Cdd>Size: 5.3 x 3.2 x 2.7 cm.\u003C\u002Fdd>\n\u003Cdd>A large, crudely euhedral, earthy brown monazite crystal from an uncommon Madagascar locale - the Madiaomby pegmatite, mined chiefly for gem beryl. This is classic material for this rare earth, cerium, lanthanum, neodymium, thorium phosphate. Not pretty to look at, but highly representative and large for the species and locale. Accompanied by an older, faded Ward’s label. The collection this came out of was a museum stash dating to prior to World War I.\u003C\u002Fdd>\u003C\u002Fdl>\u003C\u002Fdd>\u003C\u002Fdl>",437,{"id":226,"source_url":227,"license_code":136,"credit_html":228,"title":229,"description":230,"author":140,"original_width":231,"original_height":151},79575,"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=10158669","Robert M. Lavinsky, via \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=10158669\" rel=\"noopener\">Wikimedia Commons\u003C\u002Fa>","Monazite-(Ce)-Sillimanite-199870.jpg","\u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FMonazite\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Monazite\">Monazite-(Ce)\u003C\u002Fa>, \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FSillimanite\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Sillimanite\">Sillimanite\u003C\u002Fa>\n\u003Cdl>\u003Cdd>\u003Cdl>\u003Cdd>Locality: Yantic Falls, \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FNorwich\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Norwich\">Norwich\u003C\u002Fa>, \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FNew_London_County,_Connecticut\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:New London County, Connecticut\">New London County\u003C\u002Fa>, \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FConnecticut\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Connecticut\">Connecticut\u003C\u002Fa>, USA (\u003Ca rel=\"nofollow\" class=\"external text\" href=\"http:\u002F\u002Fwww.mindat.org\u002Floc-6787.html\">Locality at mindat.org\u003C\u002Fa>)\u003C\u002Fdd>\n\u003Cdd>Size: 8.1 x 6.0 x 2.8 cm.\u003C\u002Fdd>\n\u003Cdd>A rare locality piece of monazite-(Ce), in sillimanite. The sharp crystal noted is 5 or 6mm and fully crystallized. Ex. Samuel Ashmead Collection.\u003C\u002Fdd>\u003C\u002Fdl>\u003C\u002Fdd>\u003C\u002Fdl>",595,[233],{"id":234,"url":235,"label":236,"formula":237,"spacegroup":238,"year":239},9492,"\u002Fcif\u002F9492.cif","Ni 1995","La P O4","P 1 21\u002Fn 1",1995,[241],"Monaziet-(La)",[243,248,253,256,260,264],{"lang":244,"names":245},"ca",[246,247],"Monazita-","monazita-(La)",{"lang":249,"names":250},"cs",[251,252],"Monazit-","Monazit-(La)",{"lang":254,"names":255},"de",[252],{"lang":257,"names":258},"eu",[246,259],"Monazita-(La)",{"lang":261,"names":262},"it",[263,7],"Monazite-",{"lang":265,"names":266},"zh",[267],"鑭獨居石","Q3860582",{"history":11,"applications":11}]