Titanowodginite

Titanowodginite is a mineral with the chemical formula MnTiTa2O8. Titanowodginite has a Mohs hardness of 5.5 and a vitreous luster. It is an iridescent dark brown to black crystal that commonly forms in a matrix of smoky quartz or white beryl in a complex zoned pegmatite.[1][2][3]

It was first described in 1992 for an occurrence in the Tanco Mine located in southern Manitoba, Canada. It was named because it is a titanium bearing member of the wodginite group.[1][3]

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 http://www.mindat.org/min-3979.html Mindat
  2. ↑ http://www.webmineral.com/data/Titanowodginite.shtml Webmineral
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 http://rruff.geo.arizona.edu/doclib/hom/titanowodginite.pdf Handbook of Mineralogy