Monazite is a reddish-brown phosphate mineral containing 35-71% rare-earth oxides. It is one of the main rare earth ores.

Most common is monazite-(Ce), (Ce,La,Nd,Th)PO4, but there are also monazite-(La), (La,Ce,Nd)PO4, monazite-(Nd), (Nd,La,Ce)PO4, and monazite-(Sm), (Sm,Gd,Ce,Th)PO4.

China import 2025: 70,785 metric tons.
Chinese standards XB/T 104-2015 (mining product monazite concentrate) and GB/T 18114.1–10 2010 (TREO content, impurities and thorium)
Note: Specifications are known to vary, as this is a natural product.

General standard
REO: min. 55%

Typical composition
Total oxide (REO+ThO2): >60%
ThO2: <6 %

P2O5: >21%
Acid insolubles: <4.0%

Others
Specific gravity: 5.22
Bulk density: 3,200 - 3,300 kg/m3
Chemical formula:
  • 1. Monazite-(Ce): (Ce,La,Nd,Th,Y)PO4
  • 2. Monazite-(La): (La,Ce,Nd)PO4
  • 3. Monazite-(Nd): (Nd,La,Ce)PO4
CAS No.: 1306‐41‐8
EINECS EC No.: not available
HS-Code: 2612 2000 00 (China), 26122010 (EU)
Industrial standard:
XB/T 104-2015
Dangerous Cargo
Monazite becomes ADR/IMDG Class VII Dangerous Cargo, UN No. 2912, if radiation level is 10 Bq/g
Calculation: 41 Bq/g for every 1% elemental Th plus 125 Bq/g for every 1% elemental U

Stoichiometric conversion factors
  • Thorium elemental to oxide : 1.1379 (ThO2)
  • Uranium elemental to oxide: 1.1792 (U3O8)

Calculation of Transport Index (TI)
The TI is calculated by determining the radiation level in millisieverts per hour at a distance of 1 meter from the package, overpack, freight container or unpackaged Low Specific Activity-I materials. Multiply the radiation level by 100 and the resulting value shall be the TI. The value should be rounded up to the first decimal point (e.g. 1.13 becomes 1.2) with the exception that a value of 0.05 or less may be considered zero.

More information
Click this link: Volume III Transportation: Canadian Guidelines for the Management of Naturally Occurring Radioactive Materials (NORM)
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Price level of monazite TREO≈60% on [prices-B1] was ca. [prices-B2]/kg net Ex Works China, incl. 13% VAT.

This domestic price is approximately equivalent to [prices-B32]/kg CIF China, duty & taxes unpaid.

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