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Sample n° 16023

Minerals found in the sample

Mineral	Formula	Category	Subcategory	Importance
COLUMBITE	(Fe,Mg,Mn)Nb2O6	oxides and hydroxides	-	major
TANTALITE	(Fe2+,Mn2+)Ta2O6	oxides and hydroxides	-	major

Description

Description: concentrate

Information: Melcher, F., Graupner, T., Sitnikova, M.A., Henjes-Kunst, F., Oberthür, T., Gäbler, E., Bahr, A., Gerdes, A., Brätz, H. & Rantitsch, G., 2009. Ein Herkunftsnachweis für Niob-Tantalerze am Beispiel Afrikanischer Selten-Element-Pegmatite. Mitteilungen der Österreichischen Mineralogischen Gesellschaft 155, 231-267. (sample Coltan 392)

Origin

• Country: Congo (RDC)
• Region: Katanga
• Locality: Manono

Specification

• Donors: Wassilewski
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• Dimension code 1>2>3: 1
  Quality code 1>2>3: 1
• Holotype: no
  Paratype: no
  Radioactive: no
• Thin section: no
  Chemical analysis: no
  X-Ray spectra: no

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