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Tapiolite from
Tabba Tabba pegmatite (Tabba Tabba Tantalum Mine), East Pilbara Shire, Western Australia, Australia


Locality type:Pegmatite
Classification
Species:'Tapiolite' (not an IMA approved species)
Formula:(Fe,Mn)(Ta,Nb)2O6
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Tapiolite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Tabba Tabba pegmatite (Tabba Tabba Tantalum Mine), East Pilbara Shire, Western Australia, Australia
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:844935
Long-form Identifier:1:3:844935:1
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Tapiolite
17.4km (10.8 miles) ⓘStrelley pegmatite, Strelley Station, Port Hedland Shire, Western Australia, Australia
42.2km (26.2 miles) ⓘGreen's Well pegmatite (Green's Tank), Pilgangoora, East Pilbara Shire, Western Australia, Australia
45.0km (28.0 miles) ⓘPilgangoora pegmatites, Pilgangoora, East Pilbara Shire, Western Australia, Australia
62.0km (38.5 miles) ⓘWodgina Tantalite Mine (Wodgina pegmatite; Main tantalite dyke), Wodgina, Abydos Station, Port Hedland Shire, Western Australia, Australia
63.6km (39.5 miles) ⓘMount Cassiterite, Wodgina, Abydos Station, Port Hedland Shire, Western Australia, Australia
References
E.S. Simpson
Mineralogical Magazine
June 1917, pp107-121
Simpson, Edward S. (1917) On Tapiolite in the Pilbara goldfield, Western Australia. Mineralogical Magazine and Journal of the Mineralogical Society, 18 (84) 107-121 doi:10.1180/minmag.1917.018.84.05
 
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