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Monazite

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Noun
  1. 1
    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
  2. 2
    a reddish-brown mineral containing rare earth metals; an important source of thorium and cerium wordnet

Etymology

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

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