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A great quality piece from Huanuni
and a good overall specimen of this well-known material
It is a superb
crystallized
Specimen # BOL711B132
Monazite-(Ce) with Quartz Brian Kosnar A great quality piece fromMonazite 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,
