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Tantalite from
Red Cap, Makaha area, Mudzi District, Mashonaland East, Zimbabwe


Classification
Species:'Tantalite' (not an IMA approved species)
Formula:(Mn,Fe)(Ta,Nb)2O6
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Tantalite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Red Cap, Makaha area, Mudzi District, Mashonaland East, Zimbabwe
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:418217
Long-form Identifier:1:3:418217:7
GUID (UUID V4):ccdfe021-8b37-4573-a6ba-59ec7d64d8e4
References
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Book
information address Harper & Row, Publishers, Inc., 10 East 53rd Street, New York, N.Y. 10022. Published simultaneously...archaeologists working in the remote Lake Rudolf area of Africa's Kenya found shaped stone implements...afterlife: opaque blue turquoise and lapis lazuli, clear red carnelian, purple amethyst, and rock crystal-all...crystal, onyx, and agate, especially valuing the deep red carnelian variety of chalcedony. Although the Sumerians...mines on Mount Zabarah on the west coast of the Red Sea. King Solomon is supposed to have owned emerald
Book
address Harper 6 Row, Publishers, Incorporated, 49 East 33rd Street, New York 16, N. Y. * FIRST EDITION...Forty-Niners, as well as their predecessors in the states east of the Mississippi, the major mining districts...at least 4000 and armbands in Egypt and the Near East. B.c. the arts of mining and mineral hunting (prospecting)...the gods. Gold was well known over a wide area of the Near East as early as 5000 B.C., and by the time of...the heart of the then most prolific metal-mining district of Central Europe. He had grown up with a boy’s
Book (edition)
accordance with whether the indices are greater for red or violet light, but the notation — may also refer...LOCALITIES INFORMATION The United States, from east to west Canada Mexico Central America and the Caribbean...Greenland Iceland European countries, from west to east Asia, including Siberia ae SS shes] TM REED eS SL...SL China and Japan 10. India 11. South east Asia 12. Middle East 13. African Countries, from north to south...Mineralogist ISM V. C. Farmer, ed. The Intfra-red Specira of Minerals, Monograph 4, Mineralogical Society
Report (issue)
25 Cap-aux-Meules to Grande-Entrée Île du Cap aux Meules Cap aux Meules calcite occurrence Cap aux Meules...Meules gypsum occurrence Cap au Taureau occurrences Fatima quarry Baie du Sud occurrence Île du Havre...Boudreau Island occurrence 26 26 27 27 27 28 30 30 Cap-aux-Meules to Havre-Aubert Magdalen Manganese mine...176 176 177 177 177 Labradorite occurrences Nain area labradorite occurrences Tabor Island Kemaktulliviktalik...Island Gang Island Tickle Orton Island Dog Island area Two Mile Bay, Paul Island Ten Mile Bay quarry Ten
Journal (issue)
Francis Pakistan Gem pegmatites of the Shingus-Dusso area, Gilgit, Pakistan.................................localities: the Himalaya dike system, Mesa Grande district, California (by E. E. Foord) [1977, vol. 8, no...Piers Foa, Kovac’s G. & M. 291-293 Wattletree Rd. East Malvern, Victoria 3145 Belgium: Paul Van Hee Marialei...Historia Naturalis: To this same class of fiery red stones belongs the lychnis, so called because it...as well, one of which has a violet-red sheen and the other a rose-red color. These, when heated in the
Report (issue)
diamonds have been obtained from the placers in this district, and districts in the State. It it leads all...schists occur on the Kean and Ruth ranches, 4 miles east of Squaw Valley also on Sycamore Creek, Hill. ;...Railroad. Inyo County: Graphite occurs 18 miles east of Independence. Los Angeles County: It is found...southwest of the San Gabriel Range. In the San Fernando area, one deposit occurs in Kagel Canyon and two in Pacoima...has been obtained from a deposit about 15 miles east of Point Arena. Monterey County : Graphite is disseminated
Report (issue)
California 16 Borax 18 Crestmore Pegmatite gem area of southern California Cerro Gordo The glaueophane...of the find and of the general character of the area, which is in the Turquoise Mountains, T. 16 N.,...region between Death Valley and Goff's Mining District, nearer the former, and that good samples were..."The turquoise district, as described by Mr. Eisen and others of the party, occupies an area of 30 or 40...extent, but the best mines are in a smaller section, area. — about 1.0 miles long by 3 or 4 in width.
Book (edition)
only about distance from a better known town in the area but also about the administrative regional units...dept. (departement), dept. (departamento), dist. (district). Less common terms are not abbreviated, e.g.... hollandite. and shattuckite, etc., in brownish red, metamorphic Mn-rich 113°45'. 79°34·, Z = 1. d: 10...Apikia. Andros Is., both Greece. NJbMA 163, mm. Pink. red-brown. luster submetallic to adamantine, soft. Cleavage...tin ingots from a ship wrecked 100 years ago in Red Sea, Saudi Arabia. AM 78, 235-236, 1993. Abswurmbachite
Book
Sn30Cl2(0H)2, E Rhom. Transparent colorless. Jiddah, Red Sea, Sharm Abhur, Saudi Arabia. H=?, Djjj= 4.29,...Translucent colorless, yellowish-green, bluish-green. Red Cloud Fluorite mine, Lincoln Co., New Mexico, USA...Ahlfeldite, NiSe03*2H20, E Mon. Vitreous brownish-pink, red. Colquechaca, Potosi, Bolivia. H= 2-2.5, Djjj= 3... (Mn,Mg)5(As04)2(0H)4»4H20, 0 Mon. Translucent red-brown. Langban mine, Filipstad (near), Varmland,...Mon. Vitreous/greasy dark/light purplish-red, brownish-red. Moss mine, Nordmark, Sweden. H= 4.5, Djji=
Report (issue)
to cite all of their occurrences. such a vast area as California, localities lectors Some minerals...been obtained from the placers It seems in this district and it leads all other districts in the State...Mendocino County A deposit occurs about fifteen miles east of Point Arena which has been worked for paint and...in San Bernardino mountains, fifteen miles from East Highlands, Aubury*^^\ It is also found as a constituent...intermixed. It is mixed with alum in the Sunset district. Lake County: At the Sulphur Bank quicksilver
Report (issue)
cite all of their occurrences. In such a vast area as may be known to local collectors where excellent...octahedral cleavage. Brittle. Yellow and colorless Red, orange, green, blue, brown and black are rarer crystals...diamonds have been obtained from the placers in this district and it leads all other districts in the State...schists occur on the Kean and Ruth ranches, four miles east of Squaw Valley also on Sycamore Creek near Trimmer...Railroad. Inyo County: Graphite occurs eighteen miles east of Independence. Los Angeles County Found in the
Journal (issue)
and desert hike in Orocopia - Chocolate mountains area. Camp in desert wash about four miles from Mecca...Western oaks have marked differences from those of the East and Middle West but the acorn, with its nut set...The acorns mature in 2 years. The Bellota extends east through southern New Mexico into western Texas,...the boats carrying full passenger loads. We ran Red Slide rapids easily and after navigating six heavy...outing. This is part of the Hoover Dam recreational area and Bill Green is Uncle Sam's official representative
Report (issue)
in California 30 Crestmore 36 Pegmatite gem area of southern California 46 Cerro Gordo 49 History...from references to the geographic term ''Mining District," especially in the pre-1920 literature. Widespread...study of the borate deposits of the Mojave Desert area and of Death Valley by a group of U.S. Geological...minerals have been found, primarily in the Boron area, but also in the Death Valley region. Another example...cement production has almost destroyed the collecting area, at least so far as the public is concerned. Besides
Report (Issue volume)
data were used. To Mr. Grant M. Valentine, now District Geologist for the Shell Oil Co. and formerly on...geographic feature, and further, the so-called "mining district" is usually given. The legal description is abbreviated;...indicates section 3, Township 40 North, Range 25 East, Willamette meridian. Under Elev (elevation) is...Dev-development dia.-diameter dist.-district Div.-Division E.-east Elev-elevation est.-estimated et al...for reported antimony production in the Wenatchee area. Prod: Small production reported in 1916. Ref: 67
Report (issue)
Support by U.S. Department of Energy Grand Junction Area Office Subcontract NO. 82-555-E Abstract Uranium...United States. More than 99% of this production has area in come from sedimentary northwestern New Mexico;...majority the Grants of the potential uranium district. About 112,500 tons (102,058 metric tons)of $30...understood Grants with such ii uranium a data district New in Mexico base. may Table of Contents ...Sandstone Deposits in the Jurassic Grants uranium district Laguna subdistrict Morrison . Formation 34
Book
localities (e.g., the geochemical tin provinces of the East Indies or Bolivia) force an answer in the terms... The peculiar bornite occurrences in the Ookiep area, Cape Province, are on one hand typical transition...may show uniform orientation over a considerable area. To evaluate genetically the growth of xenoblasts...chalcopyrite in augite in a nephelinite F I G . 70 50 x East-Nubia, Africa Lobate skeleton of ilmenite (white)...125 100 x RAMDOHR Kirka Mine near Dedeagatsch, East Thrace, Greece Galena probably reconstituted from
Journal (volume)
Steel—White Lead, Red Lead, Orange Mineral, and Litharge —Mineral Wool—Soda—Venetian Red—Zinc Sulphate—Zinc...can Mines—Australasia—Brazil—British Guiana—Dutch East Indies —India—Artificial Diamonds—Technology—Emeralds—Opals—Ruby...Coast—Madagascar—Rhodesia—Transvaal—West Africa —China—Dutch East Indies—India—Japan—Corea—Malay Peninsula —New South...Ste. Marie, Ontario—Develop¬ ment in the Sudbury District—Mond's Refinery at Clydach, Wales— Developments...States—Manufacture and Manufac¬ turers of Iron Oxide and Venetian Red—Market—Uses.495—496 PETROLEUM. (By D. H. Newland)—Production
 
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