which mineral is contained in monazite sand?
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thorium is present
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The mineral that is contained in Monazite sand is Thorium.
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- Monazite sand is the brownish red-coloured sand which is having phosphate.
- It also has some of the rare earth metals present in it. It is usually found in the small crystals form.
- It is very radioactive in nature due to the presence of the thorium in large amounts. It is mostly available in India, South Africa and especially in Madagascar.
- The minerals present in this like Thorium or Lanthanum or Cerium will be extracted from this sand by simply heating the sand.
- Thorium is a radioactive metal with the name of Th. It is a "silvery tarnishes" black when it is exposed to air.
- This is malleable and hard an it has high "melting point". it is "quite reactive" when it ignite in air when finely divided".
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