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Thoreaulite

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Thoreaulite

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Description
Locality: 
Manono-Kitotolo Mine, Tanganyika, DR Congo
Class: 
Crystal Group/Cluster
Size Range: 
Thumbnail (1-3cm)
Size: 
1 × 0.6 × 0.3 cm
Description

Dark green crystal aggregates of the very rare mineral thoreaulite from one of the few localities known worldwide.

Thoreaulite is a Sn-Nb-Ta mineral.

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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