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monazite

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Noun
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mon=a=zite

CIDE DICTIONARY

monaziten. [From Gr. mona`zein to be solitary, in allusion to its isolated crystals.].
     A mineral occurring usually in small isolated crystals, -- a phosphate of the cerium metals.  [1913 Webster]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

monazite, n. a phosphate mineral containing rare-earth elements and thorium.

Etymology
G Monazit f. Gk monazo live alone (because of its rarity)

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