Monazite-(Ce) with Quartz Arsenopyrite emerald green color

emerald green color

Only a very small percentage of the Augelites from Machacamarca are found in twinned crystals

hydrated iron aluminum phosphate and some of the better and more unique specimens of this mineral come from Llallagua

Specimen # BOL711B29

Monazite-(Ce) with Quartz Arsenopyrite emerald green colorMonazite 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,