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Monazite-(Ce) R120146

Name: Monazite-(Ce)
RRUFF ID: R120146
Ideal Chemistry: Ce(PO₄)
Locality: Zagi Mountain, Hameed Abad Kafoor Dheri, Peshawar, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan
Source: Ikram Mineralogy [view label]
Owner: RRUFF
Description: Brown bladed crystals
Status: The identification of this mineral has been determined by Raman spectroscopy and chemical analysis

Mineral Group: [ Monazite (11) ]

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CHEMISTRY

RRUFF ID:	R120146
Sample Description:	Microprobe Fragment
Measured Chemistry:	(Ce_0.47La_0.23Nd_0.19Pr_0.05Sm_0.03Gd_0.01Y_0.01Eu_0.01Th_0.01)_∑=1.00(P_0.98Si_0.01)_∑=0.99O₄
Microprobe Data File:	[ Download Excel File ]

RAMAN SPECTRUM

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Sample Description:

Unoriented Raman on the primary sample

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R120146

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Sample Description:

Unoriented Raman on the primary sample

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Thermo Almega XR 532nm @ 100% of 150mW

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REFERENCES for Monazite-(Ce)
American Mineralogist Crystal Structure Database Record: [view record]
Anthony J W, Bideaux R A, Bladh K W, and Nichols M C (1990) Handbook of Mineralogy, Mineral Data Publishing, Tucson Arizona, USA, by permission of the Mineralogical Society of America. [view file]
Breithaupt J F A (1829) Neue krystallographische Bestimmung und mineralogische Charakteristik verschiedener Mineralspecien, II. Ueber den Monazit, eine neue Specie des Mineral-Reichs, Journal für Chemie und Physik, 55, 296-306 [view file]
Rammelsberg C (1877) Ueber Nephelin, Monacit und Silberwismuthglanz, Zeitschrift der Deutschen Geologischen Gesellschaft, 29, 77-81 [view file]
Mooney R C L (1948) Crystal structures of a series of rare earth phosphates, Journal of Chemical Physics, 16, 1003-1003
Claringbull G F (1953) Mineralogical Society (London), American Mineralogist, 38, 734-737 [view file]
Fleischer M (1954) New mineral names, American Mineralogist, 39, 402-408 [view file]
Kato T (1958) A study on monazite from the Ebisu mine, Gifu Prefecture, Mineralogical Journal, 4, 224-235 [view file]
McKie D (1962) Goyazite and florencite from two African carbonatites, Mineralogical Magazine, 33, 281-297 [view file]
Levinson A A (1966) A system of nomenclature for rare-earth minerals, American Mineralogist, 51, 152-158 [view file]
Haapala I, Ervamaa P, Löfgren A, Ojanperä P (1969) An occurrence of monazite in Puumala, Eastern Finland, Bulletin de la Commission Géologique de Findlande, 41, 117-124 [view file]
Petruk W, Owens D R (1975) Monazite from the Mount Pleasant deposit, New Brunswick, The Canadian Mineralogist, 13, 298-299 [view file]
Nickel E H, Mandarino J A (1987) Procedures involving the IMA Commission on New Minerals and Mineral Names and guidelines on mineral nomenclature, American Mineralogist, 72, 1031-1042 [view file]
Demartin F, Pilati T, Diella V, Donzelli S, Gramaccioli C M (1991) Alpine monazite: further data, The Canadian Mineralogist, 29, 61-67 [view file]
Pinckston R D, Smith D G W (1994) Mineralogy of the Lake zone, Thor Lake rare-metals deposit, N.W.T., Canada, Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences, 32, 516-532
Ni Y, Hughes J M, Mariano A N (1995) Crystal chemistry of the monazite and xenotime structures, American Mineralogist, 80, 21-26 [view file]
Van Emden B, Thornber M R, Graham J, Lincoln F J (1997) The incorporation of actinides in monazite and xenotime from placer deposits in Western Australia, The Canadian Mineralogist, 35, 95-104 [view file]
Chakhmouradian A R, Mitchell R H (1999) Niobian ilmenite, hydroxylapatite and sulfatian monazite: alternative hosts for incompatible elements in calcite kimberlite from Internatsional'naya, Yakutia, The Canadian Mineralogist, 37, 1177-1189 [view file]
Zhu X K, O'Nions R K (1999) Monazite chemical composition: some implications for monazite geochronology, Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology, 137, 351-363
Teterin Y A, Utkin I O, Melnikov I V, Lebedev A M, Teterin A Y, Ivanov K E, Nikitin A S, Vukchevich L (2000) X-ray photoelectron study of thorium silicate ThSiO₄·nH₂O and uranium silicate USiO₄·nH₂O, Journal of Structural Chemistry, 41, 965-971
Linthout K (2007) Tripartite division of the system 2REEPO₄—CaTh(PO₄)₂—2ThSiO₄, discreditation of brabantite, and recognition of cheralite as the name for members dominated by CaTh(PO₄)₂, The Canadian Mineralogist, 45, 503-508 [view file]
Nasdala L, Grötzschel R, Probst S, Bleisteiner B (2010) Irradiation damage in monazite-(Ce): An example to establish the limits of Raman confocality and depth resolution, The Canadian Mineralogist, 48, 351-359 [view file]
Pršek J, Ondrejka M, Bačík P, Budzyń B, Uher P (2010) Metamorphic-hydrothermal REE minerals in the Bacúch Magnetite Deposit, Western Carpathians, Slovakia: (Sr,S)-rich monazite-(Ce) and Nd-dominant hingganite, The Canadian Mineralogist, 48, 81-94 [view file]
Guastoni A, Pozzi G, Secco L, Schiazza M, Pennacchioni G, Fioretti A M, Nestola F (2016) Monazite-(Ce) and xenotime-(Y) from an LCT, NYF tertiary pegmatite field: Evidence from a regional study in the Central Alps (Italy and Switzerland), The Canadian Mineralogist, 54, 863-877
Abe T, Kuribayashi T, Nakamura M (2017) Infrared spectroscopic study of OH defects in monazite, European Journal of Mineralogy, 29, 949-957
Giebel R J, Gauert C D K, Marks M A W, Costin G, Markl G (2017) Multi-stage formation of REE minerals in the Palabora Carbonatite Complex, South Africa, American Mineralogist, 102, 1218-1233
Seydoux-Guillaume A M, Deschanels X, Baumier C, Neumeier S, Weber W J, Peuget S (2018) Why natural monazite never becomes amorphous: Experimental evidence for alpha self-healing, American Mineralogist, 103, 824-827
Trail D (2018) Redox-controlled dissolution of monazite in fluids and implications for phase stability in the lithosphere, American Mineralogist, 103, 453-461
Alves F E A, Neumann R, Ávila C A, Faulstich F R L (2019) Monazite-(Ce) and xenotime-(Y) microinclusions in fluorapatite of the pegmatites from the Volta Grande mine, Minas Gerais state, southeast Brazil, as witnesses of the dissolution– reprecipitation process, Mineralogical Magazine, 83, 595-606
Broom-Fendley S, Smith M P, Andrade M B, Ray S, Banks D A, Loye E, Atencio D, Pickles J R, Wall F (2019) Sulfur-bearing monazite-(Ce) from the Eureka carbonatite, Namibia: oxidation state, substitution mechanism, and formation conditions, Mineralogical Magazine, 84, 35-48
Rusiecka M K, Baker D R (2019) Monazite and xenotime solubility in hydrous, boron-bearing rhyolitic melt, American Mineralogist, 104, 1117-1130
Pagliaro F, Lotti P, Guastoni A, Rotiroti N, Battiston T, Gatta G D (2022) Crystal chemistry and miscibility of chernovite-(Y), xenotime-(Y), gasparite-(Ce) and monazite-(Ce) from Mt. Cervandone, Western Alps, Italy, Mineralogical Magazine, 86, 150-167

REFERENCES for Monazite-(Ce)

American Mineralogist Crystal Structure Database Record: [view record]

Anthony J W, Bideaux R A, Bladh K W, and Nichols M C (1990) Handbook of Mineralogy, Mineral Data Publishing, Tucson Arizona, USA, by permission of the Mineralogical Society of America. [view file]

Breithaupt J F A (1829) Neue krystallographische Bestimmung und mineralogische Charakteristik verschiedener Mineralspecien, II. Ueber den Monazit, eine neue Specie des Mineral-Reichs, Journal für Chemie und Physik, 55, 296-306 [view file]

Rammelsberg C (1877) Ueber Nephelin, Monacit und Silberwismuthglanz, Zeitschrift der Deutschen Geologischen Gesellschaft, 29, 77-81 [view file]

Mooney R C L (1948) Crystal structures of a series of rare earth phosphates, Journal of Chemical Physics, 16, 1003-1003

Claringbull G F (1953) Mineralogical Society (London), American Mineralogist, 38, 734-737 [view file]

Fleischer M (1954) New mineral names, American Mineralogist, 39, 402-408 [view file]

Kato T (1958) A study on monazite from the Ebisu mine, Gifu Prefecture, Mineralogical Journal, 4, 224-235 [view file]

McKie D (1962) Goyazite and florencite from two African carbonatites, Mineralogical Magazine, 33, 281-297 [view file]

Levinson A A (1966) A system of nomenclature for rare-earth minerals, American Mineralogist, 51, 152-158 [view file]

Haapala I, Ervamaa P, Löfgren A, Ojanperä P (1969) An occurrence of monazite in Puumala, Eastern Finland, Bulletin de la Commission Géologique de Findlande, 41, 117-124 [view file]

Petruk W, Owens D R (1975) Monazite from the Mount Pleasant deposit, New Brunswick, The Canadian Mineralogist, 13, 298-299 [view file]

Nickel E H, Mandarino J A (1987) Procedures involving the IMA Commission on New Minerals and Mineral Names and guidelines on mineral nomenclature, American Mineralogist, 72, 1031-1042 [view file]

Demartin F, Pilati T, Diella V, Donzelli S, Gramaccioli C M (1991) Alpine monazite: further data, The Canadian Mineralogist, 29, 61-67 [view file]

Pinckston R D, Smith D G W (1994) Mineralogy of the Lake zone, Thor Lake rare-metals deposit, N.W.T., Canada, Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences, 32, 516-532

Ni Y, Hughes J M, Mariano A N (1995) Crystal chemistry of the monazite and xenotime structures, American Mineralogist, 80, 21-26 [view file]

Van Emden B, Thornber M R, Graham J, Lincoln F J (1997) The incorporation of actinides in monazite and xenotime from placer deposits in Western Australia, The Canadian Mineralogist, 35, 95-104 [view file]

Chakhmouradian A R, Mitchell R H (1999) Niobian ilmenite, hydroxylapatite and sulfatian monazite: alternative hosts for incompatible elements in calcite kimberlite from Internatsional'naya, Yakutia, The Canadian Mineralogist, 37, 1177-1189 [view file]

Zhu X K, O'Nions R K (1999) Monazite chemical composition: some implications for monazite geochronology, Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology, 137, 351-363

Teterin Y A, Utkin I O, Melnikov I V, Lebedev A M, Teterin A Y, Ivanov K E, Nikitin A S, Vukchevich L (2000) X-ray photoelectron study of thorium silicate ThSiO₄·nH₂O and uranium silicate USiO₄·nH₂O, Journal of Structural Chemistry, 41, 965-971

Linthout K (2007) Tripartite division of the system 2REEPO₄—CaTh(PO₄)₂—2ThSiO₄, discreditation of brabantite, and recognition of cheralite as the name for members dominated by CaTh(PO₄)₂, The Canadian Mineralogist, 45, 503-508 [view file]

Nasdala L, Grötzschel R, Probst S, Bleisteiner B (2010) Irradiation damage in monazite-(Ce): An example to establish the limits of Raman confocality and depth resolution, The Canadian Mineralogist, 48, 351-359 [view file]

Pršek J, Ondrejka M, Bačík P, Budzyń B, Uher P (2010) Metamorphic-hydrothermal REE minerals in the Bacúch Magnetite Deposit, Western Carpathians, Slovakia: (Sr,S)-rich monazite-(Ce) and Nd-dominant hingganite, The Canadian Mineralogist, 48, 81-94 [view file]

Guastoni A, Pozzi G, Secco L, Schiazza M, Pennacchioni G, Fioretti A M, Nestola F (2016) Monazite-(Ce) and xenotime-(Y) from an LCT, NYF tertiary pegmatite field: Evidence from a regional study in the Central Alps (Italy and Switzerland), The Canadian Mineralogist, 54, 863-877

Abe T, Kuribayashi T, Nakamura M (2017) Infrared spectroscopic study of OH defects in monazite, European Journal of Mineralogy, 29, 949-957

Giebel R J, Gauert C D K, Marks M A W, Costin G, Markl G (2017) Multi-stage formation of REE minerals in the Palabora Carbonatite Complex, South Africa, American Mineralogist, 102, 1218-1233

Seydoux-Guillaume A M, Deschanels X, Baumier C, Neumeier S, Weber W J, Peuget S (2018) Why natural monazite never becomes amorphous: Experimental evidence for alpha self-healing, American Mineralogist, 103, 824-827

Trail D (2018) Redox-controlled dissolution of monazite in fluids and implications for phase stability in the lithosphere, American Mineralogist, 103, 453-461

Alves F E A, Neumann R, Ávila C A, Faulstich F R L (2019) Monazite-(Ce) and xenotime-(Y) microinclusions in fluorapatite of the pegmatites from the Volta Grande mine, Minas Gerais state, southeast Brazil, as witnesses of the dissolution– reprecipitation process, Mineralogical Magazine, 83, 595-606

Broom-Fendley S, Smith M P, Andrade M B, Ray S, Banks D A, Loye E, Atencio D, Pickles J R, Wall F (2019) Sulfur-bearing monazite-(Ce) from the Eureka carbonatite, Namibia: oxidation state, substitution mechanism, and formation conditions, Mineralogical Magazine, 84, 35-48

Rusiecka M K, Baker D R (2019) Monazite and xenotime solubility in hydrous, boron-bearing rhyolitic melt, American Mineralogist, 104, 1117-1130

Pagliaro F, Lotti P, Guastoni A, Rotiroti N, Battiston T, Gatta G D (2022) Crystal chemistry and miscibility of chernovite-(Y), xenotime-(Y), gasparite-(Ce) and monazite-(Ce) from Mt. Cervandone, Western Alps, Italy, Mineralogical Magazine, 86, 150-167