Definitions for monaziteˈmɒn əˌzaɪt
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Random House Webster's College Dictionary
mon•a•ziteˈmɒn əˌzaɪt(n.)
a reddish brown mineral, a phosphate of cerium, lanthanum, and thorium, (Ce, La, Th)PO4: the principal ore of thorium.
Category: Mineralogy
Origin of monazite:
< G Monazit (1829)
Princeton's WordNet
monazite(noun)
a reddish-brown mineral containing rare earth metals; an important source of thorium and cerium
Wiktionary
monazite(Noun)
any of a range of reddish-brown minerals that are mixed phosphates of the lighter rare earth elements lanthanum, cerium, praseodymium, neodymium, promethium, samarium, europium, gadolinium and yttrium
Webster Dictionary
Monazite(noun)
a mineral occurring usually in small isolated crystals, -- a phosphate of the cerium metals
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