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Behierite

Rare Mineral

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Description
Locality: 
Ampasogona, Tetezantsio-Andoabatokely, Andrembesoa, Betafo, Vakinankaratra, Madagascar
Class: 
Single Crystal
Size Range: 
Micromount (under 1cm)
Size: 
0.7 × 0.7 × 0.3 cm
Description

a wonderful cream colour crystal of the rare behierite (the tantalum analogue of schiavinatoite); Not to be confused with the beyerite: a moore common mineral.

The name Behierite is in honor of Jean Béhier (1903-1965), French mineralogist, Service Géologique, Madagascar, who found the mineral in 1959.

From personal collection Luigi Chiappino

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Behierite

Formula: 
(Ta5+,Nb5+)(BO4)
Strunz: 
6.AC.15
Crystal System: 
Tetragonal
Hardness: 
7.0 - 7.5
Streak: 
White
Type Locality: 
Manjaka (Ampatika; Sahananana), Sahatany Valley, Sahatany Pegmatite Field (Mt Ibity area), Vakinankaratra Region, Antananarivo Province, Madagascar

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