Monazite-(Ce)
Images
PL/Laser spectrum of Monazite-(Ce) (var. Sm doped)
© See Lenz et al. 2015
PL/Laser spectrum of Monazite-(Ce) (var. Eu doped)
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CL spectrum of Monazite-(Ce)
PL/Laser spectrum of Monazite-(Ce) (var. Dy doped)
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PL/Laser spectrum of Monazite-(Ce) (var. Ho doped). Pr peaks have been removed.
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PL/Laser spectrum of Monazite-(Ce) (var. Tm doped)
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PL/Laser spectrum of Monazite-(Ce) (var. Nd doped)
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PL/Laser spectrum of Monazite-(Ce) (var. Pr doped)
© See Lenz et al. 2015
Properties
| Formulas | (Ce,Th)PO4, CePO4, (Ce,Ca)PO4 |
| Abbreviation | Mnz-Ce |
| Variants | Tm doped, Dy doped, Ca rich, Eu doped, Nd doped, Pr doped, Sm doped, Ho doped, Th rich |
| Classifications | Monazite, REE phosphate |
| Luminescence emitters | Ce, Dy, Eu, Gd, Ho, Nd, Pr, Sm, Tb, Tm |
| Spectra | Luminescence (9) |
| IMA Status | Approved/renamed (IMA 1966 s.p.) |
| Search other databases | webmineral.com, mindat.org, rruf.info, mineralienatlas.de, Handbook of Mineralogy, American Mineralogist Crystal Structure Database |
| Crystal symmetry | Monoclinic, Point group 2/m, Space group P21/c (#14) |
| Tags | Mineral, Phosphate, Phosphate , Synthetic, Orthophosphate |
Composition
| Element | Atoms |
|---|---|
| P | 1 |
| O | 4 |
| Ce | 1 |
| Total: | 6 |
References
| Reference | Lines | Spectra | Images |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gorobets and Rogojine 2002 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| Lenz et al. 2015 | 104 | 7 | 7 |
| Rahman et al. 2020, luminescence | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Rahman et al. 2020, luminescence, other | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Torpy et al. 2020, luminescence | 7 | 1 | 1 |
| Torpy et al. 2020, luminescence, other | 0 | 2 | 0 |