Mineralpedia Details for Monazite-(Nd)
Monazite-(Nd)
- Formula
- NdPO4
- Crystal System
- Monoclinic
- Crystal Habit
- Crystalline - Fine, Twinning Common
- Cleavage
- Distinct, Indistinct, None
- Luster
- Adamantine - Resinous
- Color
- brown, red, yellow, orange
- Streak
- grayish white
- Class
- Monoclinic - Prismatic
- Fracture
- Conchoidal
- Hardness
- 5-5.5
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Monazite-(Nd) from Angankunde Carbonatite Complex, Balaka, Southern Region, Malawi
Bottle green crystalline Monazite with brown Parisite.
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