Monazite-(Ce) [ CePO4 ]

Images of Monazite-(Ce)

Material properties

Formulas CePO4, (Ce,Ca)PO4, (Ce,Th)PO4
Abbreviation Mnz-Ce
IMA Status Approved/renamed (IMA 1966 s.p.)
Crystal symmetry Monoclinic, Point group 2/m, Space group P21/c (#14)
Classifications REE phosphate, Minerals containing PO4, Monazite
Variants Ca rich, Dy doped, Ho doped, Nd doped, Th rich, Sm doped, Eu doped, Pr doped, Tm doped
Luminescence emitters Ce, Dy, Eu, Gd, Ho, Nd, Pr, Sm, Tb, Tm
Spectra Luminescence (9)
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Tags Mineral, Orthophosphate, Phosphate, REE, Synthetic

Composition

Element Atoms
Ce 1
O 4
P 1
Total: 6

References for Monazite-(Ce)

Reference
Lines Spectra Images
Gorobets and Rogojine 2002 4 0 0
Lenz et al. 2015 104 7 7
Torpy et al. 2020, luminescence 7 1 1
Torpy et al. 2020, luminescence, other 0 2 0
CSIRO spectra 2015 (Cox's Bazar) 0 1 1

Specimens of Monazite-(Ce)

Name Owner Materials Phase purity Image Spectra Techniques
M1050 Monazite CSIRO Monazite, Monazite-(Ce) (100.0%) 100.0 1 Reflectance
M2108 Monazite CSIRO Monazite, Monazite-(Ce) (100.0%) 100.0 1 Reflectance
M1774 Monazite CSIRO Monazite, Monazite-(Ce) (99.7%) 99.7 1 Reflectance
M1600 Monazite CSIRO Monazite, Monazite-(Ce) (88.6%), Phlogopite-1M, Quartz 88.6 1 Reflectance
M1772 Monazite CSIRO Monazite, Monazite-(Ce) (57.8%), Quartz 57.8 1 Reflectance
S-18-001 Monazite CSIRO Calcium carbonate, Cassiterite, Crandallite (var. REE), Fluorapatite, Monazite-(Ce), Quartz, Scheelite, Thorite, Wolframite, Xenotime-(Y), Zircon — 3 CL
S-22-010 Mnz CSIRO Fluorapatite, Iron(I) phosphide, Monazite-(Ce) — 1 CL
Tista 2020 D4 Shaker CSIRO Albite, Allanite-(Ce), Amphibole, Andesine, Apatite, Augite, Biotite, Bytownite, Chlorite (var. Mg, Fe), Epidote, Garnet, Grossular, Ilmenite, Ilmenite (var. Mn), K feldspar, Kyanite, Monazite-(Ce), Muscovite, Oligoclase, Pyroxene, Quartz, Staurolite, Titanite, Titanohematite, Xenotime-(Y), Zircon, Zoisite — 46 CL, EDS
Tista 2020 D4 Zircon conc CSIRO Albite, Apatite, Biotite, Florencite-(Ce), Ilmenite, K feldspar, Kyanite, Monazite-(Ce), Muscovite, Plagioclase, Quartz, Rutile, Scheelite, Titanite, Zircon, Zoisite — 27 CL, EDS