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Tantalite-(Mn) Muscovite & Quartz

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Tantalite-(Mn) Muscovite & Quartz

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Description
Locality: 
Alchuri, Shigar District, Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Small cabinet (7-10 cm)
Size: 
8 × 5 × 6.5 cm
Weight: 
222.00gr
Description

Tuft of brown blade crystals up to 2mm side, on very beautiful hexagonal muscovite crystals grouped like roses

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

Muscovite

Formula: 
KAl2(AlSi3O10)(OH)2
Strunz: 
9.EC.15
Hardness: 
2.5
Streak: 
White

Quartz

Formula: 
SiO2
Strunz: 
4.DA.05
Crystal System: 
Trigonal
Hardness: 
7.0
Streak: 
White