Excerpt from Does Thorium Exist as Thorium Silicate in Monazite?Blomstrand 2 assigns complex formulae to the monazite, in which part of the thorium is present as silicate and part as phosphate, while from another analysis he combines all the thorium present as phosphate. His conclusions are that silica is never absent, and where it had not been reported in earlier analyses it had been overlooked.Ling, 3 in speaking of the sources of thorium, describes it as existing in monazite in the form of a phosphate, as an accessory constituent of monazite.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.