Titanowodginite

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| name = Titanowodginite

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| caption = Black sharp crystals of titanowodginite associated to white beryl from the type locality for the first mineral: Tanco Mine, Bernic Lake, Lac-du-Bonnet, Manitoba, Canada.

| category = Oxide minerals

| formula = MnTiTa₂O₈

| IMAsymbol = Twdg{{Cite journal|last=Warr|first=L.N.|date=2021|title=IMA–CNMNC approved mineral symbols|journal=Mineralogical Magazine|volume=85|issue=3|pages=291–320|doi=10.1180/mgm.2021.43|bibcode=2021MinM...85..291W|s2cid=235729616|doi-access=free}}

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| strunz = 4.DB.40

| system = Monoclinic

| class = Prismatic (2/m)
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| symmetry = C2/c

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| streak = dark brown

| diaphaneity = translucent

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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.http://www.mindat.org/min-3979.html Mindathttp://www.webmineral.com/data/Titanowodginite.shtml Webmineralhttp://rruff.geo.arizona.edu/doclib/hom/titanowodginite.pdf Handbook of Mineralogy

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.