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Tantalcarbide, etc.

Avrorinskii Placer, Aktai River, Baranchinsky Massif, Nizhnii Tagil, Sverdlovsk Oblast, Russia

Native Tantalum

Kuannersuit Plateau, Ilímaussaq complex, Kujalleq, Greenland

Tantalcarbide

Avrorinskii Placer, Aktai River, Baranchinsky Massif, Nizhnii Tagil, Sverdlovsk Oblast, Russia

Tantalcarbide, etc.

Avrorinskii Placer, Aktai River, Baranchinsky Massif, Nizhnii Tagil, Sverdlovsk Oblast, Russia

Native Tantalum

Kuannersuit Plateau, Ilímaussaq complex, Kujalleq, Greenland

Tantalcarbide

Avrorinskii Placer, Aktai River, Baranchinsky Massif, Nizhnii Tagil, Sverdlovsk Oblast, Russia

Tantalcarbide, etc.

Avrorinskii Placer, Aktai River, Baranchinsky Massif, Nizhnii Tagil, Sverdlovsk Oblast, Russia

Native Tantalum

Kuannersuit Plateau, Ilímaussaq complex, Kujalleq, Greenland

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About TantalHide

Synonym of:

Native Tantalum, Tantalcarbide

German name.

Unique IdentifiersHide

Mindat ID:

29461

Long-form identifier:

mindat:1:1:29461:4

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Data courtesy of the American Mineralogist Crystal Structure Database. Click on an AMCSD ID to view structure

ID	Species	Reference	Year	Temp (K)
0011409	Tantalcarbide	Wyckoff R W G (1963) Second edition. Interscience Publishers, New York, New York rocksalt structure Crystal Structures 1 85-237	1963	293
0017535	Tantalcarbide	Schwarz M, Summa O (1933) Die Kristallstruktur von Tantalkarbid _cod_database_code 1010654 Metallwirtschaft, Metallwissenschaft, Metalltechnik 12 298-298	1933	293
0018166	Tantalcarbide	Becker K, Ebert F (1925) Die Kristallstrukturen einiger binaerer Carbide und Nitride. _cod_database_code 1011324 Zeitschrift fur Physik 31 268-272	1925	293

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;
 Second edition. Interscience Publishers, New York, New York
 rocksalt structure
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_atom_site_label
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_atom_site_fract_y
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Ta   0.00000   0.00000   0.00000
C   0.50000   0.50000   0.50000

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China
Tibet Shannan Prefecture (Lhokha Prefecture; Lhoka Prefecture) Qusum Co. (Qusong Co.) Luobusha ophiolite ("Luobusa ophiolite") Kangjinla Cr deposit ⓘ Orebody CR-11	[Native Tantalum] Xu et al. (2009)

Czech Republic
Ústí nad Labem Region Teplice District Krupka Vrchoslav ⓘ Vrchoslav fluorite deposit	Pauliš et al. (2019)

Greenland
Kujalleq Ilímaussaq complex ⓘ Kuannersuit Plateau (Kvanefjeld)	[Native Tantalum] Pavel M. Kartashov analytical data (2011)

Pacific Ocean
Sea of Japan ⓘ Alpatov Rise ?	[Native Tantalum] Astakhova et al. (2014)

Russia
Primorsky Krai Krasnoarmeysky District Roshchino ⓘ Kedrovaya river	[Native Tantalum] chemistry and genesis et al. (in Russian) +1 other reference
Mikhaylovsky District ⓘ Pavlovskoe REE-coal deposit	[Native Tantalum] [AmMin 84:992] +1 other reference
Sakha Mirninsky District Daldyn ⓘ Udachnaya open-pit mine (Udachnaya-Vostochnaya pipe; Udachnaya pipe)	[Native Tantalum] [AmMin 84:993]
Verkhoyansk District Yana River Basin Yana-Adycha Region Arga-Ynnakh-Khaya granite Massif ⓘ Kester harpolith	Alekseev et al. (2020)
ⓘ Kester deposit	Alekseev et al. (2023)
Sverdlovsk Oblast Nizhnii Tagil Baranchinsky Massif Aktai River ⓘ Avrorinskii Placer	[Tantalcarbide] Novgorodova et al. (1997) +1 other reference
Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Okrug ⓘ Rai-Iz Ophiolite Massif	[Native Tantalum] 6th orogenic lherzolite conference 2014 ... +2 other references

Thailand
Phuket Province ⓘ Kathu District	[Native Tantalum] amdis.bgl.esdm.go.id (2016)

Ukraine
Zaporizhia Oblast Berdyansk Raion Middle Berda River Rodionovskoe pegmatite field ⓘ Krutaya Balka pegmatite	[Native Tantalum] Shatalov (2017)

The Moon
Mare Crisium ⓘ Luna 24 landing site	[Native Tantalum] Mokhov A.V. et al. (2009)

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