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Monazite vs Turnerite - What's the difference?

monazite | turnerite |

As nouns the difference between monazite and turnerite

is that monazite is while turnerite is (mineralogy) a variety of monazite.

monazite

English

Noun

(wikipedia monazite) (en noun)
  • (mineralogy) 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

    • Usage notes

    * the dominant element is denoted by a suffix e.g. monazite-Ce

    turnerite

    English

    Noun

    (-)
  • (mineralogy) A variety of monazite.
    • (Webster 1913)