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Name: Oxystannomicrolite
Omic
IMA Chemistry: Sn2Ta2O6O
Chemistry Elements: The mineral Oxystannomicrolite contains elements:
Tin (Sn)
Tantalum (Ta)
Oxygen (O)
Country of Type Locality: Finland
Year First Published: 1968
IMA Status: Approved,Redefined
Status Notes: Originally named sukulaite: Vorma A, Siivola J (1967) Sukulaite - Ta_2_Sn_2_O_7_ - and wodginite as inclusions in cassiterite in the granite pegmatite in Sukula, Tammela, in SW Finland. Bulletin de la Commission Géologique de Findlande 229, 173-187 Name changed from sukulaite to stannomicrolite: Hogarth D D (1977) Classification and nomenclature of the pyrochlore group, American Mineralogist 62, 403-410 Name changed from stannomicrolite to oxystannomicrolite and mineral redefined: Atencio D, Andrade M B, Christy A G, Gieré R, Kartashov P M (2010) The pyrochlore supergroup of minerals: nomenclature, The Canadian Mineralogist 48, 673-698
Structural Group Name: Pyrochlore-microlite
Fleischer's Group Name: pyrochlore-microlite subgroup
Crystal Systems: cubic
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