Moving mountains for you
Switch currency

Current Live Auctions

Current Live Fixed Price Sales

Wodginite

Views:
Watches:
PAU612836

Wodginite

Rare Mineral

Description Tabs

Description
Locality: 
Itatiaia, Minas Gerais, Brazil
Class: 
Single Crystal
Size Range: 
Thumbnail (1-3cm)
Size: 
1.9 × 1.7 × 1.1 cm
Largest Crystal: 
1.90cm
Description

Wodginite is one of the more unusual tantalate varieties, and is very rare in good crystals. This one is lustrous and sharp from a small find in Itatiaia mine in Brazil. This crystal is complete-all-around and displays nicely 360 degrees around as well.

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