| Name: | Ixiolite |
| IMA Chemistry: | (Ta,Mn,Nb)O2 |
| Chemistry Elements: | The mineral Ixiolite contains elements: Tantalum (Ta) Manganese (Mn) Niobium (Nb) Oxygen (O) |
| Country of Type Locality: | Finland |
| Year First Published: | 1857 |
| IMA Status: | Approved|Redefined |
| Status Notes: | Nordenskiöld A E (1857) Beitrag zu Finnlands Mineralogie, Annalen der Physik und Chemie 11, 625-642 The mineral is discredited: Åmark K (1941) Minerals of the Varuträsk pegmatite. XXIX. An X'ray study of stanniferous columbite from Varuträsk and of the related Finnish minerals ainalite and ixiolite, Geologiska Föreningens i Stockholm Förhandlingar 63, 295-299 Redefined: Nickel E H, Rowland J F, McAdam R C (1963) Ixiolite - a columbite substructure, American Mineralogist 48, 961-979 |
| Structural Group Name: | Columbite |
| Fleischer's Group Name: | samarskite |
| Crystal Systems: | orthorhombic |
| Oldest Known Age: | 2918 Million Years Ago |
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