English > monazite: 1 sense > noun 1, substance| Meaning | A reddish-brown mineral containing rare earth metals; an important source of thorium and cerium. |
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| Broader | mineral | Solid homogeneous inorganic substances occurring in nature having a definite chemical composition |
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| Substances | cerium, Ce, atomic number 58 | A ductile grey metallic element of the lanthanide series |
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| europium, Eu, atomic number 63 | A bivalent and trivalent metallic element of the rare earth group |
| neodymium, Nd, atomic number 60 | A yellow trivalent metallic element of the rare earth group |
| praseodymium, Pr, atomic number 59 | A soft yellowish-white trivalent metallic element of the rare earth group |
| samarium, Sm, atomic number 62 | A grey lustrous metallic element of the rare earth group |
| terbium, Tb, atomic number 65 | A metallic element of the rare earth group |
| thorium, Th, atomic number 90 | A soft silvery-white tetravalent radioactive metallic element |
| thulium, Tm, atomic number 69 | A soft silvery metallic element of the rare earth group |
| ytterbium, Yb, atomic number 70 | A soft silvery metallic element |
| Spanish | monacita |
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| Catalan | monacita |
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