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nouna yellow-to-brown mineral that is a source of rare earth elements
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- pr a soft yellowish-white trivalent metallic element of the rare earth group; can be recovered from bastnasite or monazite by an ion-exchange process
- nd a yellow trivalent metallic element of the rare earth group; occurs in monazite and bastnasite in association with cerium and lanthanum and praseodymium
- sm a grey lustrous metallic element of the rare earth group; is used in special alloys; occurs in monazite and bastnasite
- neodymium a yellow trivalent metallic element of the rare earth group; occurs in monazite and bastnasite in association with cerium and lanthanum and praseodymium
- praseodymium a soft yellowish-white trivalent metallic element of the rare earth group; can be recovered from bastnasite or monazite by an ion-exchange process
- atomic number 60 a yellow trivalent metallic element of the rare earth group; occurs in monazite and bastnasite in association with cerium and lanthanum and praseodymium
- atomic number 62 a grey lustrous metallic element of the rare earth group; is used in special alloys; occurs in monazite and bastnasite
- samarium a grey lustrous metallic element of the rare earth group; is used in special alloys; occurs in monazite and bastnasite
- atomic number 59 a soft yellowish-white trivalent metallic element of the rare earth group; can be recovered from bastnasite or monazite by an ion-exchange process