monazite

Meaning

any of a range of reddish-brown minerals that are mixed phosphates of the lighter rare earth elements lanthanum, cerium, praseodymium, neodymium, samarium, europium, gadolinium and yttrium

Synonyms

urdite

kryptolith

Translations

Etymology

From German Monazit, from Ancient Greek μονάζω (monázō, “be solitary”).

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