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Columbite-(Fe) & Ilmenite

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Columbite-(Fe) & Ilmenite

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Description
Locality: 
In den Dellen Quarries, Niedermendig, Mendig, Mayen-Koblenz, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Thumbnail (1-3cm)
Size: 
0.8 × 1 × 1 cm
Description

Small fraction of a sanidinite ejecta with a vug showing a small cluster of columbite-(Fe) (~ 0.5 mm, analysed) and thick tabular ilmenite.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Columbite-(Fe)

Formula: 
FeNb2O6
Strunz: 
4.DB.35
Hardness: 
6.0
Type Locality: 
Green's Well pegmatite (Green's Tank), Pilgangoora, Wallareenya Station, Port Hedland Shire, Western Australia, Australia...

Ilmenite

Formula: 
Fe2+TiO3
Strunz: 
4.CB.05
Crystal System: 
Trigonal - Rhombohedral
Hardness: 
5.0 - 6.0
Type Locality: 
Ilmen Natural Reserve, Ilmen Mts, Chelyabinsk Oblast', Southern Urals, Urals Region, Russia...

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