Wodginite Gallery

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Wodginite : Mn(Sn,Ta)Ta₂O₈
	Divino das Laranjeiras, Doce valley, Minas Gerais, Southeast Region, Brazil A 1 cm crystal of Wodginite on Albite from Boa Esperanza, Divino das Laranjeiaras, Brazil, Specimen and photo: Knut Eldjarn.
© Knut Eldjarn	Photo ID: 53742 View Count: 274
Wodginite : Mn(Sn,Ta)Ta₂O₈, Microlite : (Ca,Na)₂Ta₂O₆(O,OH,F)
	Linópolis, Divino das Laranjeiras, Doce valley, Minas Gerais, Southeast Region, Brazil A sharp, very rare crystal of wodginite from a famous find about 25 years ago, decorated as a bonus with sub-mm microlites that make for an interesting association. 1.6 x 1.1 x 0.6 cm
© Rob Lavinsky	Photo ID: 22507 View Count: 542
Wodginite : Mn(Sn,Ta)Ta₂O₈
	Linópolis, Divino das Laranjeiras, Doce valley, Minas Gerais, Southeast Region, Brazil Sharp wodginite x (1 cm in size) with albite and muscovite. Paul Bongaerts specimen and photograph
© Paul Bongaerts	Photo ID: 22476 View Count: 459
Wodginite : Mn(Sn,Ta)Ta₂O₈
	Golconda pegmatite, Governador Valadares, Doce valley, Minas Gerais, Southeast Region, Brazil Composite crystal; 1.9x1.5x1.5cm; Interesting specimen of this rare pegmatite species. Notice striations are perpendicular to C-axis. Collection of Rudy Bolona.
	Photo ID: 253716 View Count: 17
Wodginite : Mn(Sn,Ta)Ta₂O₈, Cassiterite : SnO₂
	Jabuti mine (Jaboti mine), São Geraldo do Baixio, Doce valley, Minas Gerais, Southeast Region, Brazil Superb, razor-sharp, and lustrous epitaxial growth of Wodginite over Cassiterite. Aesthetic, rare, and world-class. This is an important specimen from a small find, of the early 1980's , that really surprised people. These crystals consists mainly of wodginite that has grown epitaxially over a decaying core of cassiterite that is now barely ...
© Rob Lavinsky	Photo ID: 37813 View Count: 384
Wodginite : Mn(Sn,Ta)Ta₂O₈, Cassiterite : SnO₂
	Jabuti mine (Jaboti mine), São Geraldo do Baixio, Doce valley, Minas Gerais, Southeast Region, Brazil This is a superb, razor-sharp, lustrous Wodginite specimen. Surprisingly, it turns out to be a thick coating of epitaxial Wodginite that overgew a decaying spindle of internal Cassiterite, now almost vanished. Aesthetic, rare, and world-class. This is an important specimen from a small find, of the early 1980's , that really surprised people. The ...
© Rob Lavinsky	Photo ID: 60942 View Count: 317
Wodginite : Mn(Sn,Ta)Ta₂O₈, Cassiterite : SnO₂
	Jabuti mine (Jaboti mine), São Geraldo do Baixio, Doce valley, Minas Gerais, Southeast Region, Brazil 3.7 x 1.5 x 0.7 cm. This is a superb, sharp, lustrous Wodginite specimen. Surprisingly, it turns out to be a thick coating of epitaxial Wodginite that overgrew a decaying spindle of internal Cassiterite, now almost vanished. Aesthetic, rare, and world-class. This is an important specimen from a small find of the early 1980's or late 1970s that ...
© Rob Lavinsky	Photo ID: 249706 View Count: 38
Wodginite : Mn(Sn,Ta)Ta₂O₈
	Viitaniemi pegmatite, Eräjärvi area, Orivesi, Etelä-Suomen Lääni, Finland A 5 mm crystal of Wodginite on matrix from Viitaniemi, Eräjärvi, Finland, Specimen and photo: Knut Eldjarn.
© Knut Eldjarn	Photo ID: 53743 View Count: 277
Wodginite : Mn(Sn,Ta)Ta₂O₈, Ixiolite : (Ta,Nb,Sn,Fe,Mn)₄O₈
	Kalba Range, Shyghys Qazaqstan Oblysy (Vostochno-Kazakhstanskaya [Eastern-Kazakhstan] Oblast'), Kazakhstan Brown wodginite crystal intergrow with black ixiolite grain within white microcline. FOV is 12x10 mm. Collected in unspecified mine of Kalba range in 60th. Pavel M. Kartashov collection (#3120) and photo.
© Pavel M. Kartashov	Photo ID: 121143 View Count: 136
Wodginite : Mn(Sn,Ta)Ta₂O₈
	Ognevka Ta Deposit, Kalba Range, Shyghys Qazaqstan Oblysy (Vostochno-Kazakhstanskaya [Eastern-Kazakhstan] Oblast'), Kazakhstan Wodginite crystals, forming an outer layer on an intergrowth of cassiterite, lithiowodginite and thoreaulite. Image width 12 mm.
© B. Otter	Photo ID: 22610 View Count: 437