zimbabweite
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Zimbabweite is a yellow brown mineral with orthorhombic crystal habit and a hardness of 5, with formula . It is generally classed as an arsenite but is notable for also containing niobium and tantalum. It was discovered in 1986 in kaolinized pegmatite, i.e. weathered to clay, in Zimbabwe.
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- Named after
- Zimbabwe
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- Nickel-Strunz '10th ed', review of (9th ed/ 2009 update)
- 4.JA.40
- Nickel-Strunz 9th edition (updated 2009)
- 4.JA.40
- crystal system
- orthorhombic crystal system
- Commons category
- Zimbabweite
- IMA Mineral Symbol
- Zbb
- chemical formula
- (Na,K)₂PbAs₄(Ta,Nb,Ti)₄O₁₈
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Zimbabweite is a yellow brown mineral with orthorhombic crystal habit and a hardness of 5, with formula . It is generally classed as an arsenite but is notable for also containing niobium and tantalum. It was discovered in 1986 in kaolinized pegmatite, i.e. weathered to clay, in Zimbabwe.
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