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Thoreaulite

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Description
Locality: 
Manono-Kitotolo Mine, Tanganyika, DR Congo
Class: 
Crystal Group/Cluster
Size Range: 
Micromount (under 1cm)
Size: 
0.3 × 0.2 × 0.1 cm
Description

From the type locality, this is a yellow-green specimen of crystalline thoreaulite, a very rare Sn-Pb, Nb-Ta oxide.

Old specimen from the collection of Georges Vanacker*, it was acquired in 1965.

*Vanackerite from Tsumeb was named after him.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Thoreaulite

Formula: 
(Sn2+,Pb)(Ta,Nb)2O6
Strunz: 
4.DG.15
Crystal System: 
Monoclinic
Hardness: 
5.5 - 6.0
Type Locality: 
Manono Mine, Katanga (Shaba), Democratic Republic of Congo (Zaïre)

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