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Tantalite from
Brattekleiv Feldspar Quarry (Lauvland 04), Lauvland, Evje og Hornnes, Agder, Norway


Locality type:Quarry
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 Brattekleiv Feldspar Quarry (Lauvland 04), Lauvland, Evje og Hornnes, Agder, Norway
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:685876
Long-form Identifier:1:3:685876:6
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Tantalite
0.6km (0.4 miles) ⓘLauvland 05a Feldspar Quarry, Lauvland, Evje og Hornnes, Agder, Norway
0.6km (0.4 miles) ⓘLauvland 05b Feldspar Quarry (Storemyr 1), Lauvland, Evje og Hornnes, Agder, Norway
1.3km (0.8 miles) ⓘLi, Evje og Hornnes, Agder, Norway
1.8km (1.1 miles) ⓘLi 04 Feldspar Quarry (Liheia), Li, Evje og Hornnes, Agder, Norway
4.9km (3.1 miles) ⓘBirkeland 02 Feldspar Quarry, Birkeland, Iveland, Agder, Norway
6.0km (3.7 miles) ⓘSkripeland 1 feldspar quarry, Skripeland, Iveland, Agder, Norway
6.7km (4.2 miles) ⓘHåverstad 4 Feldspar Quarry (Tuten 2), Håverstad, Iveland, Agder, Norway
7.2km (4.5 miles) ⓘSolås Pegmatite, Iveland, Agder, Norway
13.1km (8.1 miles) ⓘRossås 05 Feldspar Quarry, Rossås, Iveland, Agder, Norway
88.9km (55.2 miles) ⓘHøydalen, Tørdal, Drangedal, Telemark, Norway
References
Kloprogge, J.Theo, Frost, Ray L. (2000) Raman microscopic study at 300 and 77 K of some pegmatite minerals from the Iveland–Evje area, Aust-Agder, Southern Norway. Spectrochimica Acta Part A: Molecular and Biomolecular Spectroscopy, 56 (3) 501-513 doi:10.1016/s1386-1425(99)00141-9
 
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