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Rhabdophane-(Ce)
Poudrette quarry (Demix quarry; Uni-Mix quarry; Desourdy quarry; Carrière Mont Saint-Hilaire), Mont Saint-Hilaire, Rouville RCM, Montérégie, Québec, Canada
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Synonym of:	Rhabdophane-(Ce), Rhabdophane-(La), Rhabdophane-(Nd), Rhabdophane-(Y)

A group of rare-earth phosphates, synonymous with Rhabdophane Group.
Localities given are for unspecified group members.

Classification of Rhabdophane

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Other Names for Rhabdophane

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German:	Rhabdophan
Simplified Chinese:	磷稀土矿

Varieties:

Silicorhabdophane

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References for Rhabdophane

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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.

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).

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Localities for Rhabdophane

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Angola
Namibe Province Tombwa City Council Virulundo	[Rhabdophane-(Ce)] L. Torró, C. Villanova, M. Castillo, M. Campeny, A. O. Gonçalves and J. C. Melgarejo (2012): Niobium and rare earth minerals from the Virulundo carbonatite, Namibe, Angola. Mineral. Mag. 76, 393-409.

Australia
New South Wales Yancowinna Co. Broken Hill	[Rhabdophane-(Ce)] No reference listed
Kintore opencut	Australian Min. 3:1 (1997)
Tasmania Corinna-Savage River district Savage River Mine	[Rhabdophane-(Ce)] Bottrill & Taheri, 2008, Savage River mine, Unpub. Rept, Mineral Resources Tasmania
Western Australia Laverton Shire Mount Weld Station Mount Weld Mine	Trans. Inst. Mining Metall.(Sect. B:Applied Earth Sci.) 104, 203-208(1995)

Belgium
Luxembourg Province Stavelot Massif Vielsalm Grand Halleux Hourt Quarry	[Rhabdophane-(Ce)]

Bolivia
Potosí Department Rafael Bustillo Province (Bustillos Province) Llallagua Siglo Veinte Mine (Siglo XX Mine; Llallagua Mine; Catavi)	PXRD by John Attard, 18-01-2012

Brazil
Goiás Catalão I Carbonatite Complex	Orris, G.J., and Grauch, R.I. (2002): USGS Open-File Report 02-189.
Minas Gerais Tapira Tapira Complex	Berger, V.I., Singer, D.A., and Orris, G.J. (2009): USGS Open-File Report 09-1139
Pará Carajás mineral province Parauapebas Igarapé Bahia Mine	Grainger, C.J., Groves, D.I., Tallarico, F.H.B., and Fletcher, I.R. (2008): Ore Geology Reviews 33, 451-489.

Burundi
Bujumbura Rural Province Karonge complex (Gakara)	[Rhabdophane-(Ce)] Berger, V.I., Singer, D.A., and Orris, G.J. (2009): Carbonatites of the World. Explored Deposits of Nb and REE - Database and Grade and Tonnage Models: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 2009-1139, 17 p. and database.

Canada
Québec Montérégie Lajemmerais RCM Varennes & St-Amable Saint-Amable sill Demix-Varennes quarry	[Rhabdophane-(Ce)] Horváth, L., Pfenninger-Horváth, E., Gault, R. A., & Tarassoff, P. (1998): Mineralogy of the Saint-Amable Sill, Varennes and Saint-Amable, Québec. Mineralogical Record, 29: 83-118.
Rouville RCM Mont Saint-Hilaire Poudrette quarry (Demix quarry; Uni-Mix quarry; Desourdy quarry; Carrière Mont Saint-Hilaire)	[Rhabdophane-(Ce)] Horváth, L and Gault, R.A. (1990), The mineralogy of Mont Saint-Hilaire Quebec. Mineralogical Record: 21: 284-359.

China
Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region Guilin Prefecture Yongfu Co. Longtang Au deposit	Shangyi Gu, Guojiang Wan, and Jianquan Mao (2006): Acta Mineralogica Sinica 26(4), 419-423
Hunan Province Zhangjiajie Prefecture Cili Co. Dayong (Zhangjiajie) Ni-Mo-PGE deposit ?	Wallis, E. (2006): PhD Thesis, Technical University of Berlin, Germany (in German with English abstract), Vol. 1, 136-154.
Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region Baotou League (Baotou Prefecture) Bayan Obo Mining District Bayan Obo Bayan Obo (Bayun-Obo; Baiyunebo) deposit	[Rhabdophane-(Ce)] Zhang Peishan, Yang Zhuming, Tao Kejie, and Yang Xueming (1996): "Mineralogy and Geology of Rare Earths in China", Science Press (Beijing), 226 pp.
Jiangxi Province Ganzhou Prefecture Xunwu Co.	[Rhabdophane-(La)] Zhang Peishan, Yang Zhuming, Tao Kejie, and Yang Xueming (1996): "Mineralogy and Geology of Rare Earths in China", Science Press (Beijing), 226 pp.

Czech Republic
Bohemia (Böhmen; Boehmen) Karlovy Vary Region Hora Svaté Kateřiny Saint Katharinaberg (Mount Saint Catherine) Hora Svaté Kateřiny Granite Outcrops	[Rhabdophane-(Ce)] Breiter, Karel, Copjakova, Renata, and Skoda, Radek, 2009, The Involvement of F, CO2, and As in the Alteration of Zr-Th-REE-bearing Accessory Minerals in the Hora Svaté Kateřiny A-type Granite, Czech Republic, Canadian Mineralogist, v. 47, p. 1375-1398.
Liberec Region North Bohemian Uranium District	[Rhabdophane-(Ce)] 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 Drahany Uplands	[Rhabdophane-(Ce)] 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 Silberbrünnle Mine	[Rhabdophane-(Ce)] Wittern: "Mineralfundorte in Deutschland", 2001
Schauinsland Pb-Zn mining district	[Rhabdophane-(Ce) var: Plumboan Rhabdophane-(Ce)] Belendorff, K. (1986): Lapis 11 (3), 27-28.
Hofsgrund (South field) Willnau dumps	S. Weiss: "Mineralfundstellen, Deutschland West", Weise (Munich), 1990
Todtnau Baumhalde Mine	[Rhabdophane-(Ce)] Lapis 21(12), 44 (1996)
Wolfach Oberwolfach Rankach valley Clara Mine	[Rhabdophane-(Ce)] 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 Reinersreuth Quarry (Köhlerloh)	[Rhabdophane-(Ce)] Weiss: "Mineralfundstellen, Deutschland West", Weise (Munich), 1990; Meier, S. (2002): Seltene Phosphatmineralien aus dem Fichtelgebirge und der Oberpfalz. Lapis 27 (2), 32-34
Rudolfstein Uranium deposit	[Rhabdophane-(Ce)] Weiss: "Mineralfundstellen, Deutschland West", Weise (Munich), 1990
Spessart Waldaschaff Pauline Mine	[Rhabdophane-(Ce)] Lorenz, J., Schmitt, R., Hahn, W. (2007): Rhabdophan und Cuprobismutit von der Barytgrube "Pauline" in Waldaschaff im Spessart, Der Aufschluss, Vol. 58, 41-54
Lower Saxony Harz Bad Lauterberg Wolkenhügel Mine	[Rhabdophane-(La)] Gröbner, J. & Kloss, D. (2010): Neufunde von der Grube Wolkenhügel bei Bad Lauterberg im Harz. Lapis 35 (1), 39-41; 62.
Rhineland-Palatinate Eifel Laach lake volcanic complex Kruft Krufter Ofen	[Rhabdophane-(Ce)] [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 In den Dellen quarries	[Rhabdophane-(Ce)] [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]
Thelenberg	[Rhabdophane-(Ce)] [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 Pumice quarries	[Rhabdophane-(Ce)] [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 Petersberg Quarry	[Rhabdophane-(Ce)] Jahn, S. (2007): Der Petersberg bei Halle a. d. Saale. Mineralien-Welt 18(6), 16-41.
Saxony Erzgebirge Schneeberg District Rödergasse Glück Flacher vein	[Rhabdophane-(Nd)] Belendorff, K. (2009): Dreyerit und Rhabdophan-(Nd) aus Schneeberg, Erzgebirge. Mineralien-Welt 20 (3), 27-29

Greenland
Kitaa (West Greenland) Province Narsaq Ilimaussaq complex	[Rhabdophane-(Ce)] No reference listed
Kuannersuit (Kvanefjeld) plateau Kvanefjeld Mt. Narsaq stream pegmatite	[Rhabdophane-(Ce)] Semenow, E.I. et al. (1967): Rare Earths in minerals of the Joaquinite group, American Mineralogist, Vol. 52, 1762-1769

Hungary
Győr-Moson-Sopron Co. Soproni Mts. Sopron-Brennbergbánya Oromvégi Quarry	[Rhabdophane-(Ce)] Mineral Species of Hungary, 2005
Sopron Deák- kút Quarry	[Rhabdophane-(Ce)] Mineral Species of Hungary, 2005

Italy
Liguria Savona Province Maremola Valley Magliolo Costa Balzi Rossi	[Rhabdophane-(Nd)] Bracco, R., Balestra, C., Castellaro, F., Mills, S.J., Ma, C., Callegari, A.M., Boiocchi, M., Bersani, D., Cadoni, M., Ciriotti, M.E. (2012): Nuovi minerali di terre rare da Costa Balzi Rossi, Magliolo (SV), Liguria. Micro. 2/2012. 66-77.

Japan
Kyushu Region Saga Prefecture Higashimatsuura-gun Genkai-cho Hinodematsu	[Rhabdophane-(La)] Takai, Y. and Uehara, S. (2012) Rhabdophane-(Y), YPO4·H2O, a new mineral in alkali olivine basalt from Hinodematsu, Genkai-cho, Saga Prefecture, Japan. Journal of Mineralogical and Petrological Sciences, 107, 110-113.
Karatsu City (Higashi-Matsuura-gun)	[Rhabdophane-(Ce)] Takai, Y. and Uehara, S. (2012) Rhabdophane-(Y), YPO4·H2O, a new mineral in alkali olivine basalt from Hinodematsu, Genkai-cho, Saga Prefecture, Japan. Journal of Mineralogical and Petrological Sciences, 107, 110-113.
Shikoku Island Ehime Prefecture Tateiwa	[Rhabdophane-(Nd)] Minakawa (1988) Sato Shinji Kyoju Taikan Kinen Ronbunshu, 101-105.

Madagascar
Antsiranana Province Diana (Northern) Region Ambanja District Ampasindava Peninsula Betaimboay Unnamed caldera Rare Earth prospect	[Rhabdophane-(Nd)] Wolfgang Hampel (2011), fieldwork/studies

Malawi
Zomba District Mount Malosa	[Rhabdophane-(Ce)] American Mineralogist, Volume 94, pages 1216–1222, 2009

Norway
Aust-Agder Iveland Birkeland Birkeland 4 Quarry	[Rhabdophane-(Ce)] Neumann (1985) : Norges mineraler. Norges geologiske undersøkelse Skrifter 68, p. 117
Skripeland Skripeland 1 Feldspar Quarry	[Rhabdophane-(Ce)] Neumann, H. (1985): Norges Mineraler. Norges geologiske Undersøkelse Skrifter 68,p. 117.
Østfold Halden Idd Aspedammen Herrebøkasa	[Rhabdophane-(Ce)] R. Kristiansen (1974, pers. com.); Neumann, H. (1985): Norges Mineraler. Norges geologiske Undersøkelse Skrifter 68, p. 117

Pakistan
Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (North-West Frontier Province) Peshawar Hameed Abad Kafoor Dheri Zagi Mountain (Zegi Mountain; "Shinwaro")	[Rhabdophane-(Ce)] The Mineralogical Record, Volume 35 Number 3, p. 212

Poland
Lower Silesia (Dolnośląskie) Bogatynia area	Kucha H., Wieczorek A. 1980: Ca1-xTh1-xRE2x[PO4]2 . 2H2O, a new mineral from Lower Silesia, Poland. Mineralogia Polonica, vol. 11, No 1, 123-136

Russia
Eastern-Siberian Region Saha Republic (Sakha Republic; Yakutia) Aldan Shield	[Rhabdophane-(Ce)] [World of Stones 12:49]
Polar Yakutia Tomtor Massif	[Rhabdophane-(Ce)] S.M. Kravchenko data
Far-Eastern Region Magadanskaya Oblast' Kolyma River Basin Ducat District Omsukchan Ducat ore field Ducat Mine (Dukat Mine)	http://www.igem.ru/lmin/fil/metal.htm
Northern Region Murmanskaja Oblast' Kola Peninsula Khibiny Massif Koashva Mt	[Rhabdophane-(Ce)] [AmMin 85:1844]
Takhtarvumchorr Mt	[Rhabdophane-(Ce)] Pavel M. Kartashov data
Kovdor Massif	[Rhabdophane-(Ce)]
Lovozero Massif	[Rhabdophane-(Nd)] www.koeln.netsurf.de/~w.steffens/lovo.htm
Engporr Mt	[Rhabdophane-(Ce)] Pavel M. Kartashov analytical data (2013)
Karnasurt Mt	[Rhabdophane-(Ce)] 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
Natrolite Stock (Pegmatite No. 61)	[Rhabdophane-(Ce)] P.M. Kartashov data
Kedykverpakhk Mt	[var: Silicorhabdophane] [World of Stones 95:5-6, p64]
Malyi Punkaruaiv Mt	[Rhabdophane-(Ce)]
Seidozero Lake Lepkhe-Nel'm Mt (Lepkhe-Nelm; Nepkha)	[Rhabdophane-(Ce)] Yakovenchuk, V.N., Pakhomovsky, Ya.A., Men’shikov, Yu.P., Mikhailova, J.A., and Ivanyuk, G.Yu. (2007): Canadian Mineralogist 45, 451-456.
Pegmatite No. 45	[Rhabdophane-(Ce)] Pavel M. Kartashov data; Semenov E.I. (1972) Mineralogy of Lovozero alkaline massif, - Moscow, Nauka, p. 308 (in Rus.)
Pegmatite No. 47	[Rhabdophane-(Ce)] Semenov E.I. (1972) Mineralogy of Lovozero alkaline massif, - Moscow, Nauka, p. 308 (in Rus.)
Selsurt Mt	[Rhabdophane-(Ce)] The Canadian Mineralogist Vol. 43, pp. 735-746 (2005)
Suoluaiv Mt Unnamed pegmatite № 1	[Rhabdophane-(Ce)] Mikhail Uchitel' data
Urals Region Southern Urals Chelyabinsk Oblast' Plast Kochkar' District Svetlyi Svetlinskii pegmatite quarry	[Rhabdophane-(Ce)] Igor Savin's data

Spain
Galicia Pontevedra Porriño Porriño quarries	[Rhabdophane-(Ce)] Calvo, M., Viñals, J. and Vila, F. (2009) Mineralogy of the pegmatites and miarolitic cavities in the granitic batholit of Porriño, Pontevedra, galicia, Spain. Mineral Up, (2009-1), 6-23

UK
England Cornwall	[Rhabdophane-(Nd)] Specimens in the Natural History Museum, London (Ludlam Collection)
St Austell District Tywardreath Fowey Consols (incl. Wheal Treasure; Wheal Fortune; Wheal Chance)	[Rhabdophane-(Ce)] No reference listed

Ukraine
Zhytomyr Oblast' (Zhitomir Oblast') Volodarsk-Volynskii (Volodars'k-Volyns'kyy; Wolodarsk-Wolynskii)	[Rhabdophane-(Ce)] Lyckberg, P., Chornousenko, V. & Wilson, W. E. (2009): Volodarsk-Volynski, Zhitomir Oblast, Ukraine. Mineralogical Record, 40, 473-506.

USA
Arkansas Hot Spring Co. Magnet Cove Jones Mill Quarry (Martin Marietta Quarry; Highway 51 Quarry; Mid-State Quarry)	[Rhabdophane-(Ce)] Art Smith (2001) Mineral News, 17, #11.
Colorado Gunnison Co. Gunnison District Unnamed Thorium Occurrence (MRDS - 10014385)	U.S. Geological Survey, 2005, Mineral Resources Data System: U.S. Geological Survey, Reston, Virginia.
White Earth District (Powderhorn District) Iron Hill (Iron Hill carbonatite complex)	[Rhabdophane-(Ce)] "Minerals of Colorado, updated & revised", p. 17, by Eckel, Edwin B., 1997
Connecticut Litchfield Co. Salisbury Ore Hill Salisbury Iron Mines (Scoville ore deposit)	[Rhabdophane-(La)] Brush and Penfield (1883) American Journal of Science: 25: 459 (as Scovillite); 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: 774.
Idaho Valley Co. Thunder Mountain District Idaho Primitive Area Monumental Summit Rare - Earth Prospect	U.S. Geological Survey, 2005, Mineral Resources Data System: U.S. Geological Survey, Reston, Virginia.
Yellow Pine District Rare Earth Occurrence (MRDS - 10071029)	U.S. Geological Survey, 2005, Mineral Resources Data System: U.S. Geological Survey, Reston, Virginia.
Nevada Pershing Co. Antelope District Majuba Hill Mine (Mylar Mine)	[Rhabdophane-(Ce)] NBMG Spec. Pub. 31 Minerals of Nevada; Jensen, M. (1993): Update on the mineralogy of the Majuba Hill mine, Pershing County. Mineralogical Record. 24, 171-180.
Copper Stope	[Rhabdophane-(Ce)] Jensen, M. (1993): Update on the mineralogy of the Majuba Hill mine, Pershing County. Mineralogical Record. 24, 171-180.
Virginia Amelia Co. Amelia (Amelia Court House) Champion Mine (Jefferson No. 4 Mine; Bland Mine)	Rocks & Min.:60:165.; Am Min 50:231-235
Jefferson Mine	Rocks & Min.:60:165.
Amherst Co. Roseland Burley Prospect (Lucian Burley Prospect; Marion Burley Prospect)	Rocks & Min.:60:165.
Bedford Co. Moneta-Forest Nance Pegmatite Mine (Big Harris Mine)	Minerals of Virginia 1990 by R. V. Dietrich
Rappahannock Co. Red Oak Mountain	Minerals of Virginia 1990 by R. V. Dietrich
Wisconsin Marathon Co. Nine Mile pluton	[Rhabdophane-(Ce)] Hanson, S.L., et al (1999) Rocks and Minerals, 74, 184
Wausau pluton "Rotten granite" quarries Koss Pit	[Rhabdophane-(Ce)] www.uwrf.edu/~wc01/rhabdophane.htm
Wimmer No. 3 pit	www.uwrf.edu/~wc01/rhabdophane.htm

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