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Achalaite

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Achalaite

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Description
Locality: 
Berere Pegmatite, Bekapaika, Tsaratanàna,, Betsiboka, Madagascar
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Thumbnail (1-3cm)
Size: 
0.8 × 1.2 × 1.4 cm
Description

the rare Iron-Titanium-Niobium Oxide forms black compact massive crystal aggregates, these are a symmetrical-zonar intergrowth of Achalaite with Ilmenorutil

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Achalaite

Formula: 
(Fe2+,Mn)(Ti,Fe3+,Ta)(Nb,Ta)2O8
Hardness: 
0.0
Type Locality: 
Cerro Los Mogotes, Cañada del Puerto, Córdoba, Argentina