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Wodginite & Muscovite

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Wodginite & Muscovite

Rare Mineral

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Description
Locality: 
Linópolis, Divino das Laranjeiras, Doce Valley, Minas Gerais, Brazil
Class: 
Combination
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
4.8 × 3.9 × 0.9 cm
Description

Wodginite is generally a very rare mineral; this particular one is superb - unusually lustrous and sharp compared to the mineral from other localities. And it is even perched on a well formed glossy muscovite.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Wodginite

Formula: 
Mn(Sn,Ta)Ta2O8
Strunz: 
4.DB.40
Hardness: 
5.5
Type Locality: 
Wodgina Mine (Wodgina pegmatite; Main tantalite dyke), Port Hedland Shire, Western Australia, Australia

Muscovite

Formula: 
KAl2(AlSi3O10)(OH)2
Strunz: 
9.EC.15
Hardness: 
2.5
Streak: 
White