Mineral: Tantalite-(Mn)
Locality: Equador, Parelhas, Caicó, Rio Grande do Norte, Brazil
Dimensions: 7,5 x 6,0 x 7,5 cm
Description: Main crystal size : 5,0 cm
Perfect, dark red prism on a dull smoky quartz crystal; a little albite at the base
MIM number 738
Photographer : Augustin de Valence (Ainu)
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