Yellow rhabdophane-(Ce) crystal on amphibole. Stettin township, Marathon County. Dan Behnke specimen and image. Field of view is 0.8 mm left to right.
Formula: (Nd,Ce,La)PO4•H2O Hexagonal
Description:
Rhabdophane in elongated crystals from the Nine Mile Pluton near Wausau in Marathon County, Wisconsin. Scanning electron microscope image. (Photo by Al Falster.)Rhabdophane-(Ce) from the Nine Mile Pluton near Wausau in Marathon County, Wisconsin. Scanning electron microscope image. (Photo by Al Falster.)
Rhabdophane refers to a group of rare earth phosphate minerals generally found in complex pegmatites.
MARATHON COUNTY: Rhabdophane occurs in the Wimmer Pit #3, south of Rib Mountain. Rhabdophane-Ce is found at the Koss Pit several miles further west. (Buchholz, Falster and Simmons, 1999, Buchholz and Simmons, 2002). a rhabdophane group mineral also occurs at the Ladick Quarry (sec. 19 and 20 T. 27N. R.6E.) (Buchholz and Simons, 2002).
Rhapdophane also occurs in the Stettin Pluton.
Rhabdophane-(Ce) in elongated crystals from the Nine Mile Pluton near Wausau in Marathon County, Wisconsin. Scanning electron microscope image. . (Photo by Al Falster.)Rhabdophane from the Nine Mile pluton. Scanning electron microscope image. (Photo by Al Falster.)
