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Minerals glossary

Rare earth ore minerals

Also called bastnäsite, bastnaesite, monazite, xenotime, eudialyte, allanite

The main minerals mined for rare earths. Bastnäsite and monazite carry mostly light rare earths; xenotime carries heavy ones; eudialyte carries both with zirconium. Monazite is often radioactive from thorium.

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