Tantalite-(Mn)
Rutherford Mines, Amelia, Amelia County, Virginia, USA
3.0 x 1.4 x 0.9 cm. An attractive pair of adjoining, tabular tantalite-(Mn) crystals from Virginia. The black crystals have good to very good luster, and the chisel-point terminations are sharp. I find this pair, and the way they are arranged, to be very interesting visually, and the quality of the crystals is good. This is a very rare, old, ...
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