Monazite-(Ce) with Quartz Brian Kosnar and a good overall specimen

and a good overall specimen of this well-known material

colorless penetration twin of Augelite is sitting on sparkling micro Quartz on matrix

crystallized

Very showy and desirable for the species

Specimen # BOL711B132

Monazite-(Ce) with Quartz Brian Kosnar and a good overall specimenMonazite 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,