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Rotation and Weissenberg pictures have been taken of thorium-bearing monazite single crystal. The cell parameters area 0 = 6·66 Å,b 0 = 6·98 Å,c 0 = 6·32Å and ß = 76° 38′. The space group determined is P21/n (C5 2h ).
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Communicated by Dr. H. J. Bhabha, F.R.S., F.A.SC.
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Shankar, J., Khubchandani, P.G. An X-ray study of natural monazite. Proc. Indian Acad. Sci. 44, 130–133 (1956). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF03046226
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/BF03046226