Stibiotantalite, place holder

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Stibiotantalite
Sb(Ta,Nb)O₄

Here will go a selected image of a fine specimen of Stibiotantalite and come comments about the species in general.


Here will go the first described locality, images of Stibiotantalite from that locality and some text about the specimens from this locality if anything is known.



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Rock Currier
Crystals not pistols.



Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 04/16/2013 01:54PM by Rock Currier.

Hi Rock,

I'm working on the list and descriptions, and I just wanted to let you know my current status. I've been working in the field quite a bit, so it's most likely going to take a few more weeks to get the rough draft up for your critique and edits.

Scott

Richie,
Take what ever time you need. We are vary patient here in Best minerals. We all get pulled away with other business or interests from time to time. I am currently trying to finish photo shopping all the images of localities I have taken over the years and may be done in the next couple of weeks. Then I can start uploading them to mindat. That should not take more than a couple of years.

Rock Currier
Crystals not pistols.

Hi,
i am looking for the exact definition of ABO4 type ferroelectriccs systems. Please help me. Thanks
Dr.R.K.Thapa
India

Do not forget the Varuträsk pegmatite - allthough stibiotantalite from there is not very attractive it forms rather hefty rough xls/lumps. AND always partially altered to the then new mineral stibiomicrolite - now "oxystibiomicrolite", which mineral Varuträsk thus is TL for.

Dr.R.K.thapa
The best minerals forums are an ongoing encyclopedic effort to describe the better specimens of all mineral species from all localities and I think you request for technical mineralogical information would be better made in one of the other forums here on mindat. I would suggest you re-post it in perhaps the Mineralogical Classification forum. I fear that here it will not get the attention it deserves.

Rock Currier
Crystals not pistols.

Palelni and Letpanhla mines in Burma produces high quality stibiotantalite crystals:
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The last specimen in my collection for the moment, but Ziggi Ellenberger's photos are in any case better of my poor scans.

Lets hope we can get him to upload the images to our image gallery.

Rock Currier
Crystals not pistols.