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Stibiotantalite Rubellite & Bavenite

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Stibiotantalite Rubellite & Bavenite

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Description
Locality: 
Himalaya Mine, San Diego County, California, United States of America
Class: 
Combination
Size Range: 
Thumbnail (1-3cm)
Size: 
2.7 × 2.2 × 1.5 cm
Largest Crystal: 
0.70cm
Description

Yellow-brown stibiotantalite with pink rubellite and colorless, acicular bavenite (visual ID) crystals from California. Very rare.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Stibiotantalite

Formula: 
Sb(Ta,Nb)O4
Strunz: 
4.DE.30
Hardness: 
5.5
Type Locality: 
Greenbushes Sn placers, Greenbushes Tinfield, Bridgetown-Greenbushes Shire, Western Australia, Australia

Rubellite

Variety Of: 

Tourmaline

Formula: 
A(D3)G6(T6O18)(BO3)3X3Z
Hardness: 
7
Hardness: 
0.0

Bavenite

Formula: 
Ca4Be2Al2Si9O26(OH)2
Strunz: 
9.DF.25
Crystal System: 
Orthorhombic
Hardness: 
5.5
Colour: 
White
Type Locality: 
Seula mine (ex Montecatini quarry), Mount Camoscio, Oltrefiume, Baveno, Verbano-Cusio-Ossola Province, Piedmont, Italy

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