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NV69AI8: Isolated Tantalite-(Mn) crystals with very well defined faces and edges, translucent with a very vivid red color and implanted on a Lepidolite (after Elbaite) crystal with a fibrous aspect, also with Feldspar. This sample has been referenced and figured as a novelty in Munich 2018, in the magazine "Le Règne Minéral" number 144, page 36
Naipa Mine, Alto Ligonha pegmatite, Zambezia Province Mozambique (07/2017)
Specimen size: 7.8 × 2.6 × 2.4 cm = 3.07” × 1.02” × 0.94”
Main crystal size: 0.7 × 0.4 cm = 0.28” × 0.16”
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