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Stibiotantalite With Quartz

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Stibiotantalite With Quartz

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Description
Locality: 
Mawi, Nuristan Province, Afghanistan
Size Range: 
Small cabinet (7-10 cm)
Size: 
7.5 × 6 × 4 cm
Description

 A partial crystal of stibiotantalite (Sb(Nb,Ta)O4 ) is hosts to large well terminated gemmy quartz crystal , old time finds , very rare these days from the locality.

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Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Stibiotantalite

Formula: 
Sb(Ta,Nb)O4
Strunz: 
4.DE.30
Hardness: 
5.5
Type Locality: 
Greenbushes Sn placers, Greenbushes Tinfield, Bridgetown-Greenbushes Shire, Western Australia, Australia

Quartz

Formula: 
SiO2
Strunz: 
4.DA.05
Crystal System: 
Trigonal
Hardness: 
7.0
Streak: 
White

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