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Lithiotantite

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Description
Locality: 
Ognevka Deposit, Ulan, Kalba Range, Eastern Kazakhstan Province, Kazakhstan
Class: 
Crystal Group/Cluster
Size Range: 
Micromount (under 1cm)
Size: 
0.3 × 0.2 × 0.2 cm
Description

White crystal group of the very rare Li-Ta oxide mineral lithiotantite from the type locality in Kazachstan 

Ex Vandenbroucke Museum collection specimen, from Waregem, Belgium.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Lithiotantite

Formula: 
Li(Ta,Nb)3O8
Strunz: 
4.DB.40
Crystal System: 
Monoclinic
Hardness: 
6.0 - 6.5
Type Locality: 
Ognevka Ta Deposit, Kalba Range, Eastern Kazakhstan Province (Shyghys Qazaqstan Oblysy; Vostochno-Kazakhstanskaya Oblast'), Kazakhstan...

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