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Tantalite from
Broddbo, Falun, Dalarna County, Sweden


Locality type:Quarry
Classification
Species:'Tantalite' (not an IMA approved species)
Formula:(Mn,Fe)(Ta,Nb)2O6
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Tantalite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Broddbo, Falun, Dalarna County, Sweden
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:61296
Long-form Identifier:1:3:61296:6
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Tantalite
2.6km (1.6 miles) ⓘKårarvet, Falun, Dalarna County, Sweden
4.6km (2.8 miles) ⓘFinnbo (Finbo), Falun, Dalarna County, Sweden
24.0km (14.9 miles) ⓘTomtebo mines, Säter, Dalarna County, Sweden
24.9km (15.4 miles) ⓘÖsterby, St. Skedevi, Säter, Dalarna County, Sweden
60.3km (37.5 miles) ⓘStripåsen pegmatite, Häste ore field, Norberg, Västmanland County, Sweden
References
Gahn, Gottlieb Johan; Berzelius, Jacob (1815) II. Undersökning af några i grannskapet af Fahlun funna Fossilier [II. Examination of some fossils found in the vicinity of Falun]. Afhandlingar i fysik, kemi och mineralogi [Treatises in physics, chemistry and mineralogy], 4. p.148-216.
Nordstrom, Th. (1872) Om i Falutrakten förekommande mineralbrott. Geologiska Föreningen i Stockholm Förhandlingar, 1 (7) 119-123 doi:10.1080/11035897209455526
 
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