monazite
Meanings
noun
- 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
Word forms
Etymology
From German Monazit, from Ancient Greek μονάζω (monázō, “be solitary”).
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