{"id":5257,"date":"2024-08-05T10:41:00","date_gmt":"2024-08-05T17:41:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/perssonrareminerals.com\/?post_type=product&#038;p=5257"},"modified":"2024-08-05T10:43:28","modified_gmt":"2024-08-05T17:43:28","slug":"tantalite-fe-komu-mine-oke-ogun-pegmatite-district-oyo-state-nigeria-10","status":"publish","type":"product","link":"https:\/\/perssonrareminerals.com\/?product=tantalite-fe-komu-mine-oke-ogun-pegmatite-district-oyo-state-nigeria-10","title":{"rendered":"Tantalite-(Fe): Komu Mine, Oke-Ogun Pegmatite District, Oyo State, Nigeria"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #000000\"><strong>Species: Tantalite-(Fe)<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000\"><strong>Locality: Komu Mine, Oke-Ogun Pegmatite District, Oyo State, Nigeria<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000\"><strong>Size: 9.9 x 4.9 x 4.8 cm. (664 grams)<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>For your consideration is this very nice large orthorhombic crystal of jet-black Tantalite-(Fe) from a new find at the Komu mine, Oke-Ogun Pegmatite District, Oyo State,\u00a0<\/strong><b>Nigeria. While pegmatites occur throughout the precambrian basement rocks of Nigeria and are known for world-class crystals of tourmaline, emerald, phenakite and more, good specimens are seldom seen for sale of the rarer species. I am working with a Nigerian source to offer some unusual mineral &#8216;direct from the mine&#8217;, and these new tantalite crystals from the Komu mine are quite nice! This one has some unidentified secondary yellow and orange U minerals with it as well. There is also a prismatic yellow bismutite(?) psuedomorph as you can see on one side. Rare!!<\/b><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Species: Tantalite-(Fe) Locality: Komu Mine, Oke-Ogun Pegmatite District, Oyo State, Nigeria Size: 9.9 x 4.9 x 4.8 cm. (664 grams) For your consideration is this very nice large orthorhombic crystal of jet-black Tantalite-(Fe) from a new find at the Komu mine, Oke-Ogun Pegmatite District, Oyo State,\u00a0Nigeria. While pegmatites occur throughout the precambrian basement rocks of [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":0,"template":"","meta":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/perssonrareminerals.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/product\/5257"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/perssonrareminerals.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/product"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/perssonrareminerals.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/product"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/perssonrareminerals.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=5257"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}