Tantalite-(Mn), Muscovite

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A DRAMATIC Pech, Afghanistan combination specimen. A sharp, lustrous, 1.7 cm, steel-gray manganotantalite crystal is nestled and partially hidden at the base of an aesthetic, vertical cluster of pearlescent, sharply hexagonal, tan muscovite books jauntily perched atop a feldspar matrix. This is a highly representative combination specimen, including this rare tantalum oxide, from this famous locality.