| Locality type: | Mine |
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| Species: | Columbite-(Fe) |
| Formula: | Fe2+Nb2O6 |
| Comments: | A complex pegmatite. Average grain size ranges from about 7mm to 1M. Muscovite highly fractionated. Tourmalines exhibit bent, broken, and \\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\"healed\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\ |
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| Validity: | Believed Valid |
| Associated Minerals Based on Photo Data: |
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| Oligoclase | ⓘ3 photos of Columbite-(Fe) associated with Oligoclase at this locality. |
| Muscovite | ⓘ3 photos of Columbite-(Fe) associated with Muscovite at this locality. |
| Almandine | ⓘ2 photos of Columbite-(Fe) associated with Almandine at this locality. |
| Albite | ⓘ2 photos of Columbite-(Fe) associated with Albite at this locality. |
| Spessartine | ⓘ1 photo of Columbite-(Fe) associated with Spessartine at this locality. |
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| Mineral Data: | Click here to view Columbite-(Fe) data |
| Locality Data: | Click here to view Ray Mica Mine, Hurricane Mountain, Burnsville, Yancey County, North Carolina, USA |
| Photo Gallery | View Gallery (7 photos) |
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| Mindat Occurrence Record ID: | 20827 |
| Long-form Identifier: | 1:3:20827:7 |
| GUID (UUID V4): | 9317ceb7-3ed7-403d-b501-706fa291a067 |
| Nearest other occurrences of Columbite-(Fe) |
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| 14.3km (8.9 miles) | ⓘMcKinney Mine (Power Mill Creek Mine), Spruce Pine, Mitchell County, North Carolina, USA |
| 19.4km (12.1 miles) | ⓘWiseman Mine (Old Mart Wiseman Mine; Sullins-Wiseman Mine), Greasy Creek Township, Spruce Pine, Mitchell County, North Carolina, USA |
| 21.3km (13.2 miles) | ⓘDeake Mine, Deake, Mitchell County, North Carolina, USA |
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Ray Mica Mine, Hurricane Mountain, Burnsville, Yancey County, North Carolina, USA