| Locality type: | Pegmatite |
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| Species: | Simpsonite |
| Formula: | Al4Ta3O13(OH) |
| Confirmation |
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| Validity: | Believed Valid |
| Associated Minerals Based on Photo Data: |
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| Tantalite-(Mn) | 13 |
| Alumotantite | 11 |
| Microlite Group | 2 |
| Data |
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| Mineral Data: | Click here to view Simpsonite data |
| Locality Data: | Click here to view Alto do Giz pegmatite, Equador, Rio Grande do Norte, Brazil |
| Photo Gallery | View Gallery (22 photos) |
| Data Identifiers |
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| Mindat Occurrence Record ID: | 56976 |
| Long-form Identifier: | 1:3:56976:1 |
| GUID (UUID V4): | 0 |
| References |
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Beurlen, Hartmut, Soares, Dwight R., Thomas, Rainer, Prado-Borges, Lucila E., Castro, Cláudio de (2005) Mineral chemistry of tantalate species new in the Borborema Pegmatitic Province, Northeast Brazil. Anais da Academia Brasileira de Ciências, 77 (1). 169-182 doi:10.1590/s0001-37652005000100013 Beurlen, Hartman, Da Silva, Marcelo R.R., Thomas, Rainer, Soares, Dwight R., Olivier, Patrick (2008) Nb–Ta–(Ti–Sn) oxide mineral chemistry as tracer of rare-element granitic pegmatite fractionation in the Borborema Province, Northeastern Brazil. Mineralium Deposita, 43 (2) 207-228 doi:10.1007/s00126-007-0152-4 |
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Alto do Giz pegmatite, Equador, Rio Grande do Norte, Brazil