Mineral: Tantalowodginite on Albite with 'lepidolite'
Locality: Dara-i-Pech pegmatite, Chapa Dara District, Kunar Province (Konar), Afghanistan
Dimensions: 10 x 6 x 5.5 cm / main crystal: 2.9 cm.

Description: Mass: 285 g MIM number:2178 Group of white albite blades surmounted by lepidolite on top of which two apparently twinned and very well formed crystals of red-brown tantalowodginite have formed. Perpendicularly to the face of one of these two crystals a perfect transparent 3mm crystal of tantalite-(Mn) has grown. A third tantalowodginite crystal has formed at the rear within the albite. Photographer: FMI / James Elliot

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