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An X-ray study of natural monazite: I

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Monazite is commonly believed to be a nonmetamict mineral. The results of the published X-ray examination of monazite do not unambiguously support this belief. The results of the present investigation on four different samples of monazite of known thorium content show that the thorium-containing monazite occur in a fairly high degree of metamictization. The results of the petrological examination also support this conclusion.

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  1. Chemistry Division, Atomic Energy Commission, Bombay

    M. D. Karkhanavala & J. Shankar

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Karkhanavala, M.D., Shankar, J. An X-ray study of natural monazite: I. Proc. Indian Acad. Sci. 40, 67–71 (1954). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF03048708

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