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Rhabdophane-(Ce)

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Poudrette quarry (Demix quarry; Uni-Mix quarry; Desourdy quarry), Mont Saint-Hilaire, Rouville Co., Québec, Canada
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Formula:
(Ce,La)PO
 
4
·H
 
2
O
System:HexagonalColour:Brown, pinkish, ...
Lustre:GreasyHardness:3½
Name:From the Greek, rhabdos, a rod, plus phainesthai, to appear, in allusion to the bands characteristically exhibited in its spectrum, plus the suffix "-(Ce)" indicating the dominance of Ce over other REE in this species.


Rhabdophane Group

Classification of Rhabdophane-(Ce)

IMA status:Approved
Strunz 8th edition ID:7/C.29-10
Nickel-Strunz 10th (pending) edition ID:8.CJ.45

8 : PHOSPHATES, ARSENATES, VANADATES
C : Phosphates without additional anions, with H2O
J : With only large cations
Dana 8th edition ID:40.4.7.1

40 : HYDRATED NORMAL PHOSPHATES,ARSENATES AND VANADATES
4 : (AB)5(XO4)2·xH2O
Hey's CIM Ref.:19.9.6

19 : Phosphates
9 : Phosphates of rare earths and Sc
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Type Occurrence of Rhabdophane-(Ce)

Type Locality:Fowey Consols (Wheals Treasure; Fortune; Chance; Polharmon; Lanescot), Tywardreath, Par Area, St Austell District, Cornwall, England, UK

Physical Properties of Rhabdophane-(Ce)

Lustre:Greasy
Diaphaneity (Transparency):Translucent
Colour:Brown, pinkish, yellowish-white; fibers colourless in transmitted light.
Hardness (Mohs):3½
Fracture:Irregular/Uneven
Density (measured):3.94 - 4.01 g/cm3

Crystallography of Rhabdophane-(Ce)

Crystal System:Hexagonal
Morphology:Occurs as incrustations, botryoidal, globular, or stalactitic forms with radial-fibrous structure.

Optical Data of Rhabdophane-(Ce)

Type:Uniaxial (+)
RI values: nω = 1.688 nε = 1.744
Maximum Birefringence:δ = 0.056

Chart shows birefringence interference colour range (at 30µm thickness) and does not take into account mineral colouration.
Surface Relief:High

Chemical Properties of Rhabdophane-(Ce)

Formula:
(Ce,La)PO
 
4
·H
 
2
O
Essential elements:Ce, H, O, P
All elements listed in formula:Ce, H, La, O, P

Relationship of Rhabdophane-(Ce) to other Species

Related to:
  • Rhabdophane Group
    • Related Minerals - Nickel-Strunz Grouping):

    - +
    8.CJ.05Stercorite
    NaNH
     
    4
    		HPO
     
    4
    		·4H
     
    2
    		O
    8.CJ.10Mundrabillaite
    (NH
     
    4
    		)
     
    2
    		Ca(HPO
     
    4
    		)
     
    2
    		·H
     
    2
    		O
    8.CJ.10Swaknoite
    (NH
     
    4
    		)
     
    2
    		Ca[HPO
     
    4
    		]
     
    2
    		 · H
     
    2
    		O
    8.CJ.15Nabaphite
    NaBaPO
     
    4
    		·9H
     
    2
    		O
    8.CJ.15Nastrophite
    Na(Sr,Ba)PO
     
    4
    		·9H
     
    2
    		O
    8.CJ.20Haidingerite
    Ca[HAsO
     
    4
    		] · H
     
    2
    		O
    8.CJ.25Vladimirite
    Ca
     
    5
    		[(HAsO
     
    4
    		)
     
    2
    		|(AsO
     
    4
    		)
     
    2
    		] · 5H
     
    2
    		O
    8.CJ.30Ferrarisite
    Ca
     
    5
    		[(HAsO
     
    4
    		)
     
    2
    		|(AsO
     
    4
    		)
     
    2
    		] · 9H
     
    2
    		O
    8.CJ.30Guérinite
    Ca
     
    5
    		[(HAsO
     
    4
    		)
     
    2
    		|(AsO
     
    4
    		)
     
    2
    		] · 9H
     
    2
    		O
    8.CJ.35Machatschkiite
    (Ca,Na)
     
    6
    		AsO
     
    4
    		(AsO
     
    3
    		OH)
     
    3
    		(PO
     
    4
    		,SO
     
    4
    		)·15H
     
    2
    		O
    8.CJ.40Phaunouxite
    Ca
     
    3
    		[AsO
     
    4
    		]
     
    2
    		 · 11H
     
    2
    		O
    8.CJ.40Rauenthalite
    Ca
     
    3
    		[AsO
     
    4
    		]
     
    2
    		 · 10H
     
    2
    		O
    8.CJ.45Brockite
    (Ca,Th,Ce)(PO
     
    4
    		)·H
     
    2
    		O
    8.CJ.45Grayite
    (Th,Pb,Ca)PO
     
    4
    		·H
     
    2
    		O
    8.CJ.45Ningyoite
    CaU(PO
     
    4
    		)
     
    2
    		·1-2H
     
    2
    		O
    8.CJ.45Rhabdophane-(La)
    (La,Ce)PO
     
    4
    		·H
     
    2
    		O
    8.CJ.45Rhabdophane-(Nd)
    (Nd,Ce,La)PO
     
    4
    		·H
     
    2
    		O
    8.CJ.45Tristramite
    (Ca,U,Fe)(PO
     
    4
    		,SO
     
    4
    		)·2H
     
    2
    		O
    8.CJ.45Smirnovskite
    (Th,Ca)PO
     
    4
    		 ·nH
     
    2
    		O
    8.CJ.50Ardealite
    Ca
     
    2
    		[HPO
     
    4
    		|SO
     
    4
    		] · 4H
     
    2
    		O
    8.CJ.50Brushite
    CaHPO
     
    4
    		·2H
     
    2
    		O
    8.CJ.50Churchite-(Y)
    YPO
     
    4
    		·2H
     
    2
    		O
    8.CJ.50Pharmacolite
    CaHAsO
     
    4
    		·2H
     
    2
    		O
    8.CJ.50Churchite-(Nd)
    NdPO
     
    4
    		·2H
     
    2
    		O
    8.CJ.55Mcnearite
    NaCa
     
    5
    		[(HAsO
     
    4
    		)
     
    4
    		|AsO
     
    4
    		] · 4H
     
    2
    		O
    8.CJ.60Dorfmanite
    Na
     
    2
    		(PO
     
    3
    		OH)·2H
     
    2
    		O
    8.CJ.65Sincosite
    CaV
     
    2
    		(PO
     
    4
    		)
     
    2
    		O
     
    2
    		·5H
     
    2
    		O
    8.CJ.65Bariosincosite
    Ba(V
    4+
     
    		O)
     
    2
    		(PO
     
    4
    		)
     
    2
    		·4H
     
    2
    		O
    8.CJ.70Catalanoite
    Na
     
    2
    		[HPO
     
    4
    		] · 8H
     
    2
    		O
    Related Minerals - Hey's Index Grouping:

    - +
    19.9.1Xenotime-(Y)
    YPO
     
    4
    19.9.2Churchite-(Y)
    YPO
     
    4
    		·2H
     
    2
    		O
    19.9.3Monazite-(Ce)
    (Ce,La,Nd,Th)PO
     
    4
    19.9.4Monazite-(La)
    (La,Ce,Nd)PO
     
    4
    19.9.5Monazite-(Nd)
    (Nd,La,Ce)PO
     
    4
    19.9.7Rhabdophane-(La)
    (La,Ce)PO
     
    4
    		·H
     
    2
    		O
    19.9.8Rhabdophane-(Nd)
    (Nd,Ce,La)PO
     
    4
    		·H
     
    2
    		O
    19.9.9Vitusite-(Ce)
    Na
     
    3
    		(Ce,La,Nd)(PO
     
    4
    		)
     
    2
    19.9.10Florencite-(Ce)
    CeAl
     
    3
    		[(OH)
     
    6
    		|(PO
     
    4
    		)
     
    2
    		]
    19.9.11Florencite-(La)
    LaAl
     
    3
    		[(OH)
     
    6
    		|(PO
     
    4
    		)
     
    2
    		]
    19.9.12Florencite-(Nd)
    NdAl
     
    3
    		[(OH)
     
    6
    		|(PO
     
    4
    		)
     
    2
    		]
    19.9.13Kolbeckite
    ScPO
     
    4
    		·2H
     
    2
    		O

    Other Names for Rhabdophane-(Ce)

    Synonyms:
    Llallayualite
    Other Languages:
    German:Llallayualit
    Russian:Рабдофан-(Ce)
    Spanish:Llallagualita
    Llallayualita
    Varieties:
    Plumboan Rhabdophane-(Ce)

    Other Information

    Other Information:Readily soluble in HCl.
    Health Warning:No information on health risks for this material has been entered into the database. You should always treat mineral specimens with care.

    References for Rhabdophane-(Ce)

    Reference List:Lettsom (1878) Zeitschrift für Kristallographie, Mineralogie und Petrographie, Leipzig: 3: 191 (as Rhabdophane).

    Lecoq d Boisbaudran (1878) Comptes rendu de l’Académie des sciences de Paris: 86: 1028 (as Rhabdophane).

    Bertrand (1880) Bulletin de la Société française de Minéralogie: 3: 58.

    Hartley (1882) Journal of the Chemical Society, London: 41: 210.

    Hartley (1884) Journal of the Chemical Society, London: 45: 167.

    Lettsom (1882) Proceedings of the Crystallological Society, London: 105 (as Rhabdophane).

    Palache, C., Berman, H., & Frondel, C. (1951), The System of Mineralogy of James Dwight Dana and Edward Salisbury Dana, Yale University 1837-1892, Volume II. John Wiley and Sons, Inc., New York, 7th edition, revised and enlarged, 1124 pp.: 774 (as Rhabdophane).

    American Mineralogist (1980): 65: 1065.

    Walenta, K. (2003): Monokliner bleihaltiger Rhabdophan von der Grube Clara im mittleren Schwarzwald. Aufschluss 54, 405-409.

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    Localities for Rhabdophane-(Ce)

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    Australia
     
    • New South Wales
      • Yancowinna Co.
    		No reference listed
    Belgium
     
    • Luxembourg Province
      • Stavelot Massif
        • Vielsalm
          • Grand Halleux
    Burundi
     
    http://rruff.geo.arizona.edu/doclib/hom/rhabdophanece.pdf.
    Canada
     
    • Québec
      • Rouville Co.
        • Mont Saint-Hilaire
    		Horváth, L and Gault, R.A. (1990), The mineralogy of Mont Saint-Hilaire Quebec. Mineralogical Record: 21: 284-359.
      • Verchères Co.
        • Varennes & St-Amable
          • Saint-Amable sill
    		Mineralogical Record: 29: 83.
    Czech Republic
     
    • Bohemia (Böhmen; Boehmen)
      • Liberec Region
    		Scharm, B.: Přehled minerálů nalezených v oblasti uranových koncentrací v severočeské křídě. Bulletin mineralogicko-petrografického oddělení Národního muzea v Praze, 1995, roč. 3, s. 169-172.
    • Moravia (Mähren; Maehren)
      • Olomouc Region
        • Prostějov area
    		Škoda R., Čopjakova R. 2006: Authigenic REE mineralsfrom greywackes of the Drahany Uplands, Czech Republic and their significance for diagenetic processes. Mineralogia Polonica, vol. 28, 208-210
    Germany
     
    • Baden-Württemberg
      • Black Forest
        • Gengenbach
          • Haigerach valley
    		Wittern: "Mineralfundorte in Deutschland", 2001
        • Todtnau
    		Lapis 21(12), 44 (1996)
        • Wolfach
          • Oberwolfach
            • Rankach valley
    		Walenta, K. (1979): Chukhrovit-(Ce) und Rhabdophan-(Ce) aus der Grube Clara im mittleren Schwarzwald. Chem. Erde, 38, 331-39. (in German); Walenta, K. (1992): Die Mineralien des Schwarzwaldes. Chr. Weise Verlag, München, 336 pp. (in German); KOLITSCH, U., GRÖBNER, J. & BAYERL, R. (1995): Die Mineralien der Silber-Antimon-Vererzungen der Grube Clara im Zeitraum 1993 bis 1995. - Erzgräber 9 (2), 61-77.
    • Bavaria
      • Franconia
        • Fichtelgebirge
          • Weißenstadt
            • Großer Waldstein Mt.
    		Weiss: "Mineralfundstellen, Deutschland West", Weise (Munich), 1990
            • Rudolfstein Mt.
    		Weiss: "Mineralfundstellen, Deutschland West", Weise (Munich), 1990
        • Spessart Mts
          • Waldaschaff
    		Lorenz, J., Schmitt, R., Hahn, W. (2007): Rhabdophan und Cuprobismutit von der Barytgrube "Pauline" in Waldaschaff im Spessart, Der Aufschluss, Vol. 58, 41-54
    • Rhineland-Palatinate
      • Eifel Mts
        • Laach lake volcanic complex
          • Kruft
    		[Hentschel, G., (1983): Die Mineralien der Eifelvulkane, Weise Verlag, München] [Blass, G., Emmerich, F., Graf, HW., Schäfer, Ch., Tschörtner, J., (2006): Minerale der Eifelvulkane, Version 1.0, CD, published by authors]
          • Mendig
            • Niedermendig
    		[Hentschel, G., (1983): Die Mineralien der Eifelvulkane, Weise Verlag, München] [Blass, G., Emmerich, F., Graf, HW., Schäfer, Ch., Tschörtner, J., (2006): Minerale der Eifelvulkane, Version 1.0, CD, published by authors]
    [Hentschel, G., (1983): Die Mineralien der Eifelvulkane, Weise Verlag, München] [Blass, G., Emmerich, F., Graf, HW., Schäfer, Ch., Tschörtner, J., (2006): Minerale der Eifelvulkane, Version 1.0, CD, published by authors]
              • Wingertsberg Mt.
    		[Hentschel, G., (1983): Die Mineralien der Eifelvulkane, Weise Verlag, München] [Blass, G., Emmerich, F., Graf, HW., Schäfer, Ch., Tschörtner, J., (2006): Minerale der Eifelvulkane, Version 1.0, CD, published by authors]
    • Saxony-Anhalt
      • Halle
        • Petersberg
    		Jahn, S. (2007): Der Petersberg bei Halle a. d. Saale. Mineralien-Welt 18(6), 16-41.
    Greenland
     
    • Kitaa (West Greenland) Province
      • Narsaq
    		No reference listed
    Hungary
     
    • Győr-Moson-Sopron Co.
      • Soproni Mts.
        • Sopron-Brennbergbánya
    		Mineral Species of Hungary, 2005
        • Sopron
    		Mineral Species of Hungary, 2005
    Norway
     
    • Aust-Agder
      • Iveland
        • Birkeland
    		O.F. Frigstad (1970, pers. com.); Neumann (1985, p. 117).
        • Skripeland
    		O.F. Frigstad (1970, pers. com.); Neumann (1985, p. 117).
    • Østfold
      • Halden
        • Aspedammen
    		R. Kristiansen (1974, pers. com.); Neumann (1985, p. 117).
    Pakistan
     
    • Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA)
      • Khyber Agency
        • Mulla Ghori
    		The Mineralogical Record, Volume 35 Number 3, p. 212
    Russia
     
    • Eastern-Siberian Region
      • Saha Republic (Sakha Republic; Yakutia)
    		[World of Stones 12:49]
        • Polar Yakutia
    		S.M. Kravchenko data
    • Northern Region
      • Murmanskaja Oblast'
        • Kola Peninsula
          • Khibiny Massif
    		[AmMin 85:1844]
    Pavel M. Kartashov data
          • Lovozero Massif
    		N.V. Chukanov, I.V. Pekov, A.E. Zadov, S.V. Krivovichev, P.C.Burns, Yu. Schneider (2001): Organovaite-Mn,K2Mn(Nb,Ti)4(Si4O12)2(O,OH)4·6H2O, a new labuntsovite-group mineral from the Lovozero massif, Kola Peninsula. Zap. Vseross. Mineral. Obshch., 130(2), 46­53
    P.M. Kartashov data
            • Seidozero Lake
    		Yakovenchuk, V.N., Pakhomovsky, Ya.A., Men’shikov, Yu.P., Mikhailova, J.A., and Ivanyuk, G.Yu. (2007): Canadian Mineralogist 45, 451-456.
    Pavel M. Kartashov data
    UK
     
    • England
      • Cornwall
        • St Austell District
          • Par Area
            • Tywardreath
    		No reference listed
    USA
     
    • Arkansas
      • Hot Spring Co.
        • Magnet Cove
    		Art Smith (2001) Mineral News, 17, #11.
    • Colorado
      • Gunnison Co.
        • White Earth District (Powderhorn District)
    		"Minerals of Colorado, updated & revised", p. 17, by Eckel, Edwin B., 1997
    • Nevada
      • Pershing Co.
        • Antelope District
    		NBMG Spec. Pub. 31 Minerals of Nevada
    • Wisconsin
      • Marathon Co.
        • Wausau pluton
          • "Rotten granite" quarries
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