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Tantite

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Vasin-Myl'k Mt, Voron'i Tundry, Kola Peninsula, Murmanskaja Oblast', Northern Region, Russia
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Formula:
Ta
 
2
O
 
5
Colour:ColourlessLustre:Adamantine
Hardness:7
Name:The name reflects its tantalum content.
This page provides mineralogical data about Tantite.

Classification of Tantite

IMA status:Approved 1982
Strunz 8th edition ID:4/E.01-10
Nickel-Strunz 10th (pending) edition ID:4.EA.05

4 : OXIDES (Hydroxides, V[5,6] vanadates, arsenites, antimonites, bismuthites, sulfites, selenites, tellurites, iodates)
E : Metal: Oxygen = < 1 :2
A :
Dana 8th edition ID:4.6.6.1

4 : SIMPLE OXIDES
6 : Miscellaneous
Hey's CIM Ref.:7.12.22

7 : Oxides and Hydroxides
12 : Oxides of V, Nb and Ta
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Type Occurrence of Tantite

Type Locality:Vasin-Myl'k Mt, Voron'i Tundry, Kola Peninsula, Murmanskaja Oblast', Northern Region, Russia
Year of Discovery:1983

Physical Properties of Tantite

Lustre:Adamantine
Diaphaneity (Transparency):Transparent
Colour:Colourless
Hardness (Mohs):7

Chemical Properties of Tantite

Formula:
Ta
 
2
O
 
5
Essential elements:O, Ta
All elements listed in formula:O, Ta
Common Impurities:Nb

Relationship of Tantite to other Species

Related Minerals - Nickel-Strunz Grouping):

- +
4.EA.10Molybdite
MoO
 
3
4.EA.10Krasnogorite
WO
 
3
Related Minerals - Hey's Index Grouping:

- +
7.12.1Montroseite
(V,Fe)O(OH)
7.12.2 Scherbinaite
7.12.3Paramontroseite
VO
 
2
7.12.4Häggite
V
 
2
O
 
2
(OH)
 
3
7.12.5Duttonite
VO(OH)
 
2
7.12.6Doloresite
3V
 
2
O
 
4
·4H
 
2
O
7.12.7Lenoblite
V
 
2
O
 
4
·2H
 
2
O
7.12.8Navajoite
V
 
2
O
 
5
 · 3H
 
2
O
7.12.9Vanoxite
V
 
6
O
 
13
·8H
 
2
O
7.12.10Bariandite
Al
 
3
[(V
5+
 
,V
4+
 
)
 
4
O
 
10
]
 
10
 · 45H
 
2
O
7.12.11Corvusite
V
 
7
O
 
20
·nH
 
2
O
7.12.12Simplotite
CaV
 
4
O
 
9
·5H
 
2
O
7.12.13Kyzylkumite
V
 
2
Ti
 
3
O
 
9
7.12.14Schreyerite
V
 
2
Ti
 
3
O
 
9
7.12.15Berdesinskiite
V
3+
2
TiO
 
5
7.12.16Tivanite
VTiO
 
3
(OH)
7.12.17Mannardite
Ba
 
x
Ti
 
8-2x
V
 
2x
O
 
16
·2-xH
 
2
O
7.12.18Karelianite
V
 
2
O
 
3
7.12.19Coulsonite
FeV
 
2
O
 
4
7.12.20Nolanite
(V,Fe,Fe,Ti)
 
10
O
 
14
(OH)
 
2
7.12.21Vuorelainenite
(Mn,Fe)(V,Cr)
 
2
O
 
4
7.12.23Kimrobinsonite
(Ta,Nb)(OH)
 
5-2x
(O,CO
 
3
)
 
x
 x near 1.2

Other Names for Tantite

Synonyms:
IMA1982-066
Other Languages:
German:Tantit
Italian:Tantite
Russian:Тантит
Spanish:Tantita

Other Information

Health Warning:No information on health risks for this material has been entered into the database. You should always treat mineral specimens with care.

References for Tantite

Reference List:Mineralogicheskii Zhurnal, Kiev (1983): 5(3): 90-93.

American Mineralogist (1984): 69: 1193.

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    Localities for Tantite

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    (TL) indicates type locality. ? indicates mineral may be doubtful at this locality. All other localities listed without reference should be considered as uncertain and unproven until references can be found.
    Norway
     
    • Telemark
      • Drangedal
        • Tørdal
    		Kristiansen, R (2009): A unique assamblage of Scandium-bearing minerals from the Heftetjern-pegmatite, Tørdal, south Norway. Bergverksmuseets Skrift (Norsk Bergverkmuseum),41, 75-104
    Russia
     
    • Northern Region
      • Murmanskaja Oblast'
        • Kola Peninsula
          • Voron'i Tundry
    		Min.Zhurnal (1983) 5, n. 3, 90-93; Pekov, I. (1998) Minerals First discovered on the territory of the former Soviet Union 369p. Ocean Pictures, Moscow
    USA
     
    • Wisconsin
      • Florence Co.
        • Fern
    		The Mineralogy and Geochemistry of the Animikie Red Ace Pegmatite, Florence County, Wisconsin. Alexander U. Falster, Wm. B. Simmons, and Karen L. Webber, Recent Research Developments in Mineralogy, 1(1996)
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