Data for some African columbite-tantalite specimens

Twenty-three specimens from equatorial and southern Africa are investigated, primarily for X-ray powder data. Unit cell dimensions and volume, ranging from 414.7 Å3 (columbite) to 424.1 Å3 (manganotantalite) are given. A correlation between the unit cell volume and the 100 • Mn/(Mn + Fe) ratio is in...

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Main Author: G.A.D. Zelt
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Geological Society of Finland 1975-12-01
Series:Bulletin of the Geological Society of Finland
Online Access:http://www.geologinenseura.fi/bulletin/Volume47/sgs_bt_047_pages_117_125.pdf