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Zimbabweite is a mineral; formula (NaK)₂PbAs(NbTaTi)O₁₈. It is genrally classed as an arsenite but is notable for also containing niobium and tantalum. A yellow brown minral with orthorhombic crystal habit and a hardness of 5. It was discovered in 1986 in kaolinized pegamatite, ie weathered to clay, in Zimbabwe.

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	'''Zimbabweite''' is a mineral; formula (NaK)<sub>2</sub>PbAs(NbTaTi)O<sub>18</sub>. It is genrally classed as an arsenite but is notable for also containing [[niobium]] and [[~~tantallum~~]]. A yellow brown minral with orthorhombic crystal habit and a hardness of 5. It was discovered in 1986 in kaolinized pegamatite, ie weathered to clay, in Zimbabwe.		'''Zimbabweite''' is a mineral; formula (NaK)<sub>2</sub>PbAs(NbTaTi)O<sub>18</sub>. It is genrally classed as an arsenite but is notable for also containing [[niobium]] and [[tantalum]]. A yellow brown minral with orthorhombic crystal habit and a hardness of 5. It was discovered in 1986 in kaolinized pegamatite, ie weathered to clay, in Zimbabwe.

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