Monazite-(Ce) with Quartz metallic Specimen # BOL711B56

Specimen # BOL711B56

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Monazite-(Ce) with Quartz metallic Specimen # BOL711B56Monazite gets its name from the Greek word "monazein", which means "to be alone", in allusion to its isolated crystals and their rarity when first found. Monazite is usually found in granitic pegmatites, but these crystals are found in hydrothermal tin veins where there is an absolute absence of Thorium (usually a trace element in Monazite). This is a remarkable, very well crystallized, ridiculously rare, specimen consisting of sharp, lustrous,