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Calciotantite Simpsonite & Tantalite-(Mn)

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Calciotantite Simpsonite & Tantalite-(Mn)

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Description
Locality: 
Alto do Giz Pegmatite, Equador, Borborema Province, Rio Grande do Norte, Brazil
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Thumbnail (1-3cm)
Size: 
1.6 × 1.3 × 1.3 cm
Description

Beautiful specimen of three Ta minerals in pegmatite matrix with colorless to white micro inclusions of very rare Calciotantite within/on crystals of pale tan-orange Simpsonite and dark red Tantalite-(Mn). Analyzed!

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Calciotantite

Formula: 
CaTa4O11
Strunz: 
4.DJ.05
Hardness: 
6.5
Type Locality: 
Vasin-Myl'k Mt, Voron'i Tundry, Kola Peninsula, Murmanskaja Oblast', Northern Region, Russia...

Simpsonite

Formula: 
Al4(Ta,Nb)3O13(OH,F)
Strunz: 
4.DC.10
Crystal System: 
Hexagonal
Hardness: 
7.0 - 7.5
Streak: 
white
Type Locality: 
Tabba Tabba pegmatite, Wallareenya Station, Port Hedland Shire, Western Australia, Australia

Tantalite-(Mn)

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

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