Mineralpedia Details for Monazite-(La)
Monazite-(La)
- Formula
- LaPO4
- Crystal System
- Monoclinic
- Crystal Habit
- Crystalline - Fine, Twinning Common
- Cleavage
- Distinct, Indistinct, None
- Luster
- Adamantine - Resinous
- Color
- brown, brown, yellowish brown, pink, yellow
- Streak
- grayish white
- Class
- Monoclinic - Prismatic
- Fracture
- Conchoidal
- Hardness
- 5-5.5
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Monazite-(La) from Lepkhe-Nel'm Mt, Seidozero Lake, Lovozero Massif, Kola Peninsula, Russia
Light tan crusts in vugs - very nondescript in a few 1 to 2mm areas.
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