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Hydrokenomicrolite

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Hydrokenomicrolite

Rare Mineral

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Description
Locality: 
Alto do Giz Pegmatite, Equador, Borborema Province, Rio Grande do Norte, Brazil
Class: 
Crystal Group/Cluster
Size Range: 
Thumbnail (1-3cm)
Size: 
1.6 × 0.8 × 0.8 cm
Description

A single brown aggregate of the very rare tantalum oxide hydroxide mineral hydrokenomicrolite-3R but labeled as the discredited name parabariomicrolite from the type locality of the mineral in Brasil.

Ex Vandenbroucke Museum collection from Waregem, Belgium.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Hydrokenomicrolite

Formula: 
(◻,H2O)2Ta2(O,OH)6(H2O)
Hardness: 
5.0
Streak: 
White
Type Locality: 
Volta Grande mine (Mibra mine), Nazareno, São João del Rei pegmatite province, Minas Gerais, Brazil

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