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Columbite from
Fen Complex, Nome, Telemark, Norway

Description
Comments:Pyroclore from the Fen complex is often pseudomorphed to columbite and an unidentified metamict mineral. Primary columbite is actualy rarer than this pseudomorphoses.
Columbite occure in søvite, "rauhaugite and "rødberg".
Quality of samples:not specified / average specimens
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
References
References:Aubert (1947); Bjørlykke (1953); Sørum (1955, p. 48 and 1955b); Sæther (1957); Åmli (1974); Neumann (1985, pp. 68, 77 and 78).
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Columbite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Fen Complex, Nome, Telemark, Norway
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