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Tapiolite-(Fe)

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Tapiolite-(Fe)

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Description
Locality: 
Rosendal Pegmatite, Kimitoön Island, Kimitoön, Southwest Finland, Finland
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
5 × 4.5 × 3.4 cm
Largest Crystal: 
0.90cm
Description

A black 9 mm cone-shaped tapiolite Fe crystal on microcline-muscovite matrix.
Ex Frank Patania collection.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Tapiolite-(Fe)

Formula: 
(Fe,Mn)(Ta,Nb)2O6
Strunz: 
4.DB.10
Hardness: 
6.0 - 6.5
Colour: 
Black
Type Locality: 
Tapiolite-(Fe) typelocality, Kulmala, Sukula Pegmatites, Tammela, Southern Finland Region, Finland
Cartils Minerals

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