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  2. Kerala Minerals and Metals - Wikipedia

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    The discovery process for this huge Indian deposit was accidentally initiated in the year 1909 when C. W. Schomberg, a German chemist, identified the presence of monazite in the sand remnants of contaminants of coir imported from Kerala. [4]

  3. Monazite - Wikipedia

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    Postcard view of a monazite mine in Shelby, North Carolina, showing cart tracks and a bridge. Monazite sand from Brazil was first noticed in sand carried in ship's ballast by Carl Auer von Welsbach in the 1880s. Von Welsbach was looking for thorium for his newly invented incandescent mantles. Monazite sand was quickly adopted as the thorium ...

  4. Karunagappalli - Wikipedia

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    Karunagappalli is known for high background radiation from thorium-containing monazite sand. In some coastal panchayats, median outdoor radiation levels are more than 4 mGy/yr and, in certain locations on the coast, it is as high as 70 mGy/yr. [5]

  5. Sand mining in Tamil Nadu - Wikipedia

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    The coasts of Tamil Nadu and Kerala have beach sand deposits of various minerals such as illmenite, zircon, rutile, garnet, sillimanite, leucoxene, and monazite.From 1993 onwards, private firms were granted permission to mine beach sand and were allowed to mine the minerals- sillimanite and garnet.

  6. Indian Rare Earths - Wikipedia

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    This plant, the first unit of IREL, was made operational way back in 1952 for processing of monazite, whose capacity was subsequently increased by about three times.Rare Earths Division (RED), Udyogamandal, Aluva is located on the banks of Periyar River in Kerala at a distance of 12 km from the port city of Kochi and 15 km from Kochi International Airport.

  7. How missed warnings, 'over-tourism' aggravated deadly India ...

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    Kerala, a sliver of land between the Western Ghat mountains to the east and the Arabian Sea to the west, is one of the most scenic states in India, and is advertised as "God's Own Country".

  8. Economy of Kerala - Wikipedia

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    Kerala's coastal belt of Karunagappally is known for high background radiation from thorium-containing monazite sand. In some coastal panchayats, median outdoor radiation levels are more than 4 mGy/yr and, in certain locations on the coast, it is as high as 70 mGy/yr. [85]

  9. Today's Wordle Hint, Answer for #1301 on Friday ... - AOL

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    If you’re stuck on today’s Wordle answer, we’re here to help—but beware of spoilers for Wordle 1301 ahead. Let's start with a few hints.