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Tantalite-(Mn)

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Tantalite-(Mn)

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Description
Locality: 
Steinkopf, Namakwa District, Northern Cape Province, South Africa
Class: 
Single Crystal
Size Range: 
Thumbnail (1-3cm)
Size: 
1.4 × 1 × 0.4 cm
Description

Sharp tabular crystal of tantalite-(Mn) of black colour and perfectly terminated. It is a fine specimen from Steinkopf pegmatite field, from the “British Namaqualand”, a very rare locality in collections. This old specimen comes with a label of the “Staatliche Mineralien-Niederlage, Freiberg, Sa” (Freiberg Mining Academy Mineral Dealership), that can be dated back to the pre-Second World War period. A copy of the label will be included.

Ex Peter Vink specimen.

Combine specimens to reduce shipping costs!.

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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