Tantite
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About Tantite
Formula:
Ta2O5
Colour:
Colourless
Lustre:
Adamantine
Hardness:
7
Crystal System:
Triclinic
Name:
The name reflects its tantalum content.
Type Locality:
This page provides mineralogical data about Tantite.
Classification of Tantite
Approved
Approval Year:
1982
4/E.01-10
4.EA.05
4 : OXIDES (Hydroxides, V[5,6] vanadates, arsenites, antimonites, bismuthites, sulfites, selenites, tellurites, iodates)
E : Metal: Oxygen = < 1 :2
A :
4 : OXIDES (Hydroxides, V[5,6] vanadates, arsenites, antimonites, bismuthites, sulfites, selenites, tellurites, iodates)
E : Metal: Oxygen = < 1 :2
A :
4.6.6.1
4 : SIMPLE OXIDES
6 : Miscellaneous
4 : SIMPLE OXIDES
6 : Miscellaneous
7.12.22
7 : Oxides and Hydroxides
12 : Oxides of V, Nb and Ta
7 : Oxides and Hydroxides
12 : Oxides of V, Nb and Ta
Physical Properties of Tantite
Chemical Properties of Tantite
Crystallography of Tantite
Crystal System:
Triclinic
Cell Parameters:
a = 3.8 Å, b = 3.78 Å, c = 35.74 Å
α = 90.91°, β = 90.19°, γ = 90°
α = 90.91°, β = 90.19°, γ = 90°
Ratio:
a:b:c = 1.005 : 1 : 9.455
Unit Cell V:
513.30 ų (Calculated from Unit Cell)
Type Occurrence of Tantite
Synonyms of Tantite
Other Language Names for Tantite
Common Associates
Associated Minerals Based on Photo Data:
| Microlite Group | 1 photo of Tantite associated with Microlite Group on mindat.org. |
Related Minerals - Hey's Chemical Index of Minerals Grouping
| 7.12.1 | Montroseite | (V3+,Fe3+)O(OH) | Orth. |
| 7.12.2 | Scherbinaite | V5+2O5 | |
| 7.12.3 | Paramontroseite | V4+O2 | Orth. |
| 7.12.4 | Häggite | V3+V4+O2(OH)3 | Mon. |
| 7.12.5 | Duttonite | V4+O(OH)2 | Mon. 2/m |
| 7.12.6 | Doloresite | V4+3O4(OH)4 | Mon. |
| 7.12.7 | Lenoblite | V4+2O4 · 2H2O | Orth. 2 2 2 : P21 21 21 |
| 7.12.8 | Navajoite | Fe3+V5+9O24 · 12H2O | Mon. 2/m : B2/m |
| 7.12.9 | Vanoxite | V4+4V5+2O13 · 8H2O | |
| 7.12.10 | Bariandite | Al0.6(V5+,V4+)8O20 · 9H2O | Mon. |
| 7.12.11 | Corvusite | (Na,K,Ca,Mg)2(V5+,V4+,Fe2+)8O20 · 6-10H2O | Mon. |
| 7.12.12 | Simplotite | CaV4+4O9 · 5H2O | Mon. |
| 7.12.13 | Kyzylkumite | V3+Ti2O5(OH) | Mon. 2/m : P21/b |
| 7.12.14 | Schreyerite | V3+2Ti3O9 | Mon. |
| 7.12.15 | Berdesinskiite | V3+2TiO5 | Mon. |
| 7.12.16 | Tivanite | V3+TiO3(OH) | Mon. |
| 7.12.17 | Mannardite | Ba(Ti4+6V3+2)O16 | Tet. 4/m : I41/a |
| 7.12.18 | Karelianite | V3+2O3 | Trig. |
| 7.12.19 | Coulsonite | Fe2+V3+2O4 | |
| 7.12.20 | Nolanite | (V3+,Fe3+,Fe2+,Ti)10O14(OH)2 | Hex. |
| 7.12.21 | Vuorelainenite | Mn2+V3+2O4 | |
| 7.12.23 | Kimrobinsonite | (Ta,Nb)(OH)5-2x(O,CO3)x ; x near 1.2 | Iso. |
Other Information
Health Risks:
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:
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Mineralogicheskii Zhurnal, Kiev (1983): 5(3): 90-93.
American Mineralogist (1984): 69: 1193.
Internet Links for Tantite
mindat.org URL:
https://www.mindat.org/min-3884.html
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Localities for Tantite
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? - Indicates mineral may be doubtful at this locality.
- Good crystals or important locality for species.
- World class for species or very significant.
(TL) - Type Locality for a valid mineral species.
(FRL) - First Recorded Locality for everything else (eg varieties).
Struck out - Mineral was erroneously reported from this locality.
Faded * - Never found at this locality but inferred to have existed at some point in the past (eg from pseudomorphs.)
All localities listed without proper references should be considered as questionable.
- Good crystals or important locality for species.
- World class for species or very significant.
(TL) - Type Locality for a valid mineral species.
(FRL) - First Recorded Locality for everything else (eg varieties).
All localities listed without proper references should be considered as questionable.
Australia | |
| jacobson, M., calderwood, M., Grguric, B., (2007): Pegmatites of Western Australia |
Canada | |
| Garagan, M. J. (2014). Textural and spatial relationship between platinum-group elements and alteration assemblages in the Afton porphyry system, Kamloops, British Columbia. BS Thesis St. Marys University, Halifax |
Russia (TL) | |
| 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 | |
| Falster, A. , W.B. Simmons & P.B. Moore (1996) The mineralogy and geochemistry of the Animikie Red Ace pegmatite in Florence County, Wisconsin: Recent Research Developments in Mineralogy: 1: 7-67. |
Vasin-Myl'k Mt, Voron'i Tundry, Murmansk Oblast, Russia