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Tantalite-(Mn)

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Tantalite-(Mn)

Ex Dr F Krantz (Bonn, Germany)

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Description
Locality: 
Steinkopf, Namakwa District, Northern Cape Province, South Africa
Size Range: 
Thumbnail (1-3cm)
Size: 
2.7 × 2.2 × 1.5 cm
Description

Nice specimen of blackish crystallized manganotantalite dating from the end of the 19th century probably.

The whitish attached mineral is labeled as spodumene.

Rare stuff and rare locale. Very nice old hand written label.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Tantalite-(Mn)

Formula: 
MnTa2O6
Strunz: 
4.DB.35
Hardness: 
6.0
Type Locality: 
Utö Mines, Utö, Södermanland, Sweden

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