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Monazite-(Ce) from
Cactus Jack pegmatite, Burnet County, Texas, USA
| Locality type: | Pegmatite | |
| Classification | ||
|---|---|---|
| Species: | Monazite-(Ce) | |
| Formula: | Ce(PO4) | |
| Comments: | Exceptionally large, euhedral crystals with pronounced radioactivity. Polished section microprobe analysis indicates a high degree of homogeneity. Th content is 8-16 weight percent. | |
| Habit: | Tabular, Monoclinic, Masses to 2.4 kg | |
| Colour: | Brick-red, Brown, Tan | |
| Luminescent properties: | None | |
| Quality for species: | Excellent - world class for species or very significant. (!!) | |
| Abundance at site: | Common | |
| Confirmation | ||
| Validity: | Confirmed | |
| Confirmation Methods: | SEM-EDS | |
| Associated Minerals Based on Photo Data: | ||
| Muscovite | 3 | |
| Xenotime-(Yb) | 2 | |
| Uranophane | 1 | |
| Quartz | 1 | |
| - var Smoky Quartz | 1 | |
| Uraninite | 1 | |
| Zircon | 1 | |
| - var Hafnian Zircon | 1 | |
| Data | ||
| Mineral Data: | Click here to view Monazite-(Ce) data | |
| Locality Data: | Click here to view Cactus Jack pegmatite, Burnet County, Texas, USA | |
| Photo Gallery | View Gallery (9 photos) | |
| Data Identifiers | ||
| Mindat Occurrence Record ID: | 429680 | |
| Long-form Identifier: | 1:3:429680:5 | |
| GUID (UUID V4): | 0 | |
| References | ||
Cactus Jack pegmatite, Burnet County, Texas, USA