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Rhabdophane

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Poudrette quarry (Demix quarry; Uni-Mix quarry; Desourdy quarry), Mont Saint-Hilaire, Rouville RCM, Montérégie, Québec, Canada
© 2008 Jesse Crawford

Synonym of:Rhabdophane-(Ce), Rhabdophane-(La), Rhabdophane-(Nd)


A group of rare-earth phosphates. See: Rhabdophane-(Ce), Rhabdophane-(La), and Rhabdophane-(Nd). Localities given are for unspecified group members.

Classification of Rhabdophane

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Other Names for Rhabdophane

Varieties:
Silicorhabdophane

Other Information

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References for Rhabdophane

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.

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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    (TL) indicates type locality. ? indicates mineral may be doubtful at this locality. All other localities listed without reference should be considered as uncertain and unproven until references can be found.
    Australia
     
    • New South Wales
      • Yancowinna Co.
        • Broken Hill
    		Australian Min. 3:1 (1997)
    • Western Australia
    		Trans. Inst. Mining Metall.(Sect. B:Applied Earth Sci.) 104, 203-208(1995)
    Brazil
     
    • Central-West Region
      • Goiás
    		Orris, G.J., and Grauch, R.I. (2002): USGS Open-File Report 02-189.
    • North Region
      • Pará
        • Carajás mineral province
          • Parauapebas
    		Grainger, C.J., Groves, D.I., Tallarico, F.H.B., and Fletcher, I.R. (2008): Ore Geology Reviews 33, 451-489.
    • Southeast Region
      • Minas Gerais
        • Tapira
    		http://www.sbgeo.org.br/597.html
    China
     
    • Hunan Province
      • Zhangjiajie Prefecture
        • Cili Co.
    		Wallis, E. (2006): PhD Thesis, Technical University of Berlin, Germany (in German with English abstract), Vol. 1, 136-154.
    Germany
     
    • Baden-Württemberg
      • Black Forest
        • Freiburg im Breisgau
          • Schauinsland Mt.
            • Schauinsland Pb-Zn mining District
              • Hofsgrund (South field)
    		S. Weiss: "Mineralfundstellen, Deutschland West", Weise (Munich), 1990
    Greenland
     
    • Kitaa (West Greenland) Province
      • Narsaq
        • Ilimaussaq complex
          • Kuannersuit (Kvanefjeld) plateau
            • Kvanefjeld Mt.
    		Semenow, E.I. et al. (1967): Rare Earths in minerals of the Joaquinite group, American Mineralogist, Vol. 52, 1762-1769
    Poland
     
    • Lower Silesia (Dolnośląskie)
    		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
     
    • Far-Eastern Region
      • Magadanskaya Oblast'
        • Kolyma River Basin
          • Ducat District
            • Omsukchan
              • Ducat ore field
    		http://www.igem.ru/lmin/fil/metal.htm
    • Northern Region
      • Murmanskaja Oblast'
        • Kola Peninsula
          • Khibiny Massif
    		No reference listed
          • Lovozero Massif
    		[var: Silicorhabdophane] [World of Stones 95:5-6, p64]
    USA
     
    • Colorado
      • Gunnison Co.
        • Gunnison District
    		U.S. Geological Survey, 2005, Mineral Resources Data System: U.S. Geological Survey, Reston, Virginia.
    • Idaho
      • Valley Co.
        • Thunder Mountain District
          • Idaho Primitive Area
    		U.S. Geological Survey, 2005, Mineral Resources Data System: U.S. Geological Survey, Reston, Virginia.
        • Yellow Pine District
    		U.S. Geological Survey, 2005, Mineral Resources Data System: U.S. Geological Survey, Reston, Virginia.
    • Virginia
      • Amelia Co.
        • Amelia (Amelia Court House)
    		Rocks & Min.:60:165.; Am Min 50:231-235
    Rocks & Min.:60:165.
      • Amherst Co.
        • Roseland
    		Rocks & Min.:60:165.
      • Bedford Co.
        • Moneta-Forest
    		Minerals of Virginia 1990 by R. V. Dietrich
      • Rappahannock Co.
    		Minerals of Virginia 1990 by R. V. Dietrich
    • Wisconsin
      • Marathon Co.
        • Wausau pluton
          • "Rotten granite" quarries
    		www.uwrf.edu/~wc01/rhabdophane.htm
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