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Name: Tantalite-(Mn)
Ttl-Mn
Specimens in Collection:

#680: Tantalite-(Mn)
Kunar Province, Afghanistan
IMA Chemistry: Mn2+Ta2O6
Chemistry Elements: The mineral Tantalite-(Mn) contains elements:
Manganese (Mn)
Tantalum (Ta)
Oxygen (O)
Country of Type Locality: Sweden
Year First Published: 1877
IMA Status: Approved,Renamed
Status Notes: Nordenskiöld A E (1877) Mineralogiska meddelanden. 3. Tantalsyrade mineralier från Utö, Geologiska Föreningens i Stockholm Förhandlingar 3, 282-286 Name changed from manganotantalite: Burke E A J (2008) Tidying up mineral names: an IMA-CNMNC scheme for suffixes, hyphens and diacritical marks, The Mineralogical Record 39, 131-135
Structural Group Name: Columbite
Fleischer's Group Name: columbite-euxenite-columbite subgroup
Crystal Systems: orthorhombic
Oldest Known Age: 3293 Million Years Ago
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