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Tantalcarbide

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Locality: 
Avrorinskii Placer, Aktai River, Baranchinsky Massif, Nizhnii Tagil, Sverdlovsk Oblast, Russian Federation
Class: 
Massive/Crystalline
Size Range: 
Micromount (under 1cm)
Size: 
0.1 × 0.1 × 0.1 cm
Description

Fine sample with lots of metallic tantalcarbide aggregates. Very rare sample with lots of tantalcarbide.

Specimen from type locality. Tantalcarbide is only known from ONE locality worldwide. Very rare.

The specimen comes from the collection of Dr. G. Jung, who received it in 1981.

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Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Tantalcarbide

Formula: 
TaC
Strunz: 
1.BA.20
Crystal System: 
Isometric
Hardness: 
6.0 - 7.0
Colour: 
Bronze
Type Locality: 
Avrorinskii Placer, Aktai River, Baranchinsky Massif, Nizhnii Tagil, Sverdlovskaya Oblast', Middle Urals, Urals Region, Russia...

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Postage Area Price
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€6.50
Worldwide (tracked)
€10
USA (tracked)
€12
USA (tracked, > 0,5 kg)
€22
European Union (tracked, > 1 kg)
€18
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Multiple pieces may incur increased postage costs due to higher weight. 

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