MONAZITE SANDS
Listing description Monazite is a reddish-brown phosphate mineral containing rare earth metals and is an important source of thorium , lanthanum , and cerium . It occurs usually in small isolated crystals . There are actually at least four different kinds of monazite, depending on relative elemental composition of the mineral: monazite- Ce (Ce, La, Pr, Nd, Th, Y)PO 4 monazite- La (La, Ce, Nd, Pr)PO 4 monazite- Nd (Nd, La, Ce, Pr)PO 4 monazite- Pr (Pr, Nd, Ce, La)PO 4 detailed description Monazite is a reddish-brown phosphate mineral containing rare earth metals and is an important source of thorium , lanthanum , and cerium . It occurs usually in small isolated crystals . There are actually at least four different kinds of monazite, depending on relative elemental composition of the mineral: monazite- Ce (Ce, La, Pr, Nd, Th, Y)PO 4 monazite- La (La, Ce, Nd, Pr)PO 4 monazite- Nd (Nd, La, Ce, Pr)PO 4 monazite- Pr (...