Where it forms, where it's found
- Type locality
- Forrestania Rubellite pegmatite
- Mount Holland pegmatite field
- Yilgarn shire
- Western Australia
- Australia
-32.1874°, 119.7949°
2recorded occurrences
Physical
Crystallography
- Cell parameters
- a = 3.812(1) Å
- Morphology
In masses of cryptocrystalline individuals.
- Comment
Point group not determined.
Chemical composition
Synonyms
- IMA1983-023
- Kimrobinsoniet
In other languages
- German
- IMA 1983-023 · Kimrobinsonit
- Italian
- Kimrobinsonite
Classification
Strunz
10th ed.4.FG.15
- 4OxidesClass
- 4.FHydroxides (without V or U)Division
- 4.FGHydroxides with OH, without H2O; unclassifiedGroup
- 4.FG.15KimrobinsoniteSpecies
Dana
8th ed.06.04.08.01
- 06Hydroxides and Oxides Containing HydroxylClass
- 06.04MiscellaneousType
- 06.04.08— unnamed intermediate level —Group
- 06.04.08.01KimrobinsoniteSpecies
CIM
—7.12.23
- 7Oxides and HydroxidesClass
- 7.12Oxides of V, Nb and TaGroup
- 7.12.23KimrobinsoniteSpecies
Group, growth & confusion
Literature, links & citation
Citations
- 1985Nickel, E. H., Robinson, B. W. (1985) Kimrobinsonite, a new tantalum mineral from Western Australia, and its association with cesstibtantite. The Canadian Mineralogist, 23 (4) 573-576
- 1987American Mineralogist (1987): 72: 1024.
- 2005(2005) Kimrobinsonite. Handbook of Mineralogy. Mineralogical Society of America
Cite this entry
@misc{mineral2026,
author = {Mineral Index editorial board},
title = {Kimrobinsonite — Mineral Index},
year = {2026},
url = {https://mineralindex.org/minerals/kimrobinsonite-2207},
note = {Accessed 2026-05-11}
}