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Columbite-Tantalite from Bennett Quarry, Buckfield, Oxford County, Maine

 
Columbite-Tantalite from Bennett Quarry, Buckfield, Oxford County, Maine

Columbite-Tantalite from Bennett Quarry, Buckfield, Oxford County, Maine

Columbite-Tantalite from Bennett Quarry, Buckfield, Oxford County, Maine

Columbite-Tantalite from Bennett Quarry, Buckfield, Oxford County, Maine

DESCRIPTION:No. 81413
Mineral:Columbite-Tantalite
Locality:Bennett Quarry, Buckfield, Oxford County, Maine
Description:Black columbite-tantalite crystals frozen in feldspar. Columbite and tantalite forms a series that varies by the proportion of tantalum, so specimens should be labeled columbite-tantalite. Collected in the 1970s by David Bierbrauer
Overall Size:8.5x6x5 cm
Crystals:
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