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The Simpson Desert was also named for him.","2026-05-09 18:37:59",[],[],[],[],[77],{"id":78,"txt":79,"latitude":80,"longitude":81,"country":82},12495,"Tabba Tabba pegmatite (Tabba Tabba Tantalum Mine), East Pilbara Shire, Western Australia, Australia",-20.6667068,118.9212121,"Australia",16,[85,89,92,95,99,103,108,111,114,119,124,128,132,136],{"id":86,"year":87,"html":88,"doi":11},16123604,1938,"Bowley, H. (1938) Simpsonite. Report of the Department of Mines Western Australia: 93: 88-88.",{"id":90,"year":26,"html":91,"doi":11},16123605,"Bowley, H. (1939) Simpsonite (sp. nov) from Tabba Tabba, western Australia. Journal of the Royal Society of Western Australia: 25: 89–92.",{"id":93,"year":26,"html":94,"doi":11},16123606,"Taylor, L.E.R. (1939) X-ray studies of simpsonite. Journal of the Royal Society of Western Australia: 25: 93-97.",{"id":96,"year":97,"html":98,"doi":11},521008,1940,"(1940) New mineral names. \u003Ci>American Mineralogist\u003C\u002Fi>,  25 (4) 312-314 \u003Ca target='_blank' href='http:\u002F\u002Fwww.minsocam.org\u002Fammin\u002FAM25\u002FAM25_312.pdf' class='refpdflink'>\u003C\u002Fa>",{"id":100,"year":101,"html":102,"doi":11},1118651,1944,"Palache, Charles, Berman, Harry, Frondel, Clifford (1944) \u003Ci>The System of Mineralogy\u003C\u002Fi> (7th ed.) Vol. 1 - Elements, Sulfides, Sulfosalts, Oxides. John Wiley and Sons, New York.",{"id":104,"year":105,"html":106,"doi":107},47443,1945,"KERR, PAUL F.; HOLMES, RALPH J. (1945) X-ray study of the tantalum mineral simpsonite. \u003Ci>Geological Society of America Bulletin\u003C\u002Fi>,  56 (5). p.479-504. \u003Ca target='_blank' href='https:\u002F\u002Fdoi.org\u002F10.1130\u002F0016-7606(1945)56[479:xsottm]2.0.co;2'>doi:10.1130\u002F0016-7606(1945)56[479:xsottm]2.0.co;2\u003C\u002Fa>","10.1130\u002F0016-7606(1945)56[479:xsottm]2.0.co;2",{"id":109,"year":105,"html":110,"doi":11},521525,"Fleischer, M. (1945) New mineral names. \u003Ci>American Mineralogist\u003C\u002Fi>,  30 (7-8). 548-550 \u003Ca target='_blank' href='http:\u002F\u002Fwww.minsocam.org\u002Fammin\u002FAM30\u002FAM30_548.pdf?reftype=.pdf' class='refpdflink'>\u003C\u002Fa>",{"id":112,"year":105,"html":113,"doi":11},16123608,"Pough, F.H. (1945) Simpsonite and the northern Brazilian pegmatite region. GSA Bulletin: 56(5): 505-514.",{"id":115,"year":116,"html":117,"doi":118},4211,1946,"McGregor, A. M. (1946) Simpsonite and other tantalates from Bikita, Southern Rhodesia. \u003Ci>Mineralogical Magazine and Journal of the Mineralogical Society\u003C\u002Fi>,  27 (192) 157-165 \u003Ca target='_blank' href='https:\u002F\u002Fdoi.org\u002F10.1180\u002Fminmag.1946.027.192.03'>doi:10.1180\u002Fminmag.1946.027.192.03\u003C\u002Fa> \u003Ca target='_blank' href='https:\u002F\u002Frruff.info\u002Fdoclib\u002FMinMag\u002FVolume_27\u002F27-192-157.pdf' class='refpdflink'>\u003C\u002Fa>","10.1180\u002Fminmag.1946.027.192.03",{"id":120,"year":121,"html":122,"doi":123},5728,1963,"von Knorring, O., Hornung, G. (1963) Simpsonite and stibiotantalite from Benson pegmatite mine, Mtoko, Southern Rhodesia. \u003Ci>Mineralogical Magazine and Journal of the Mineralogical Society\u003C\u002Fi>,  33 (261) 458-466 \u003Ca target='_blank' href='https:\u002F\u002Fdoi.org\u002F10.1180\u002Fminmag.1963.033.261.03'>doi:10.1180\u002Fminmag.1963.033.261.03\u003C\u002Fa> \u003Ca target='_blank' href='https:\u002F\u002Frruff.info\u002Fdoclib\u002FMinMag\u002FVolume_33\u002F33-261-458.pdf' class='refpdflink'>\u003C\u002Fa>","10.1180\u002Fminmag.1963.033.261.03",{"id":125,"year":126,"html":127,"doi":11},16123612,1981,"Zapiski Vserossiyskogo Mineralogicheskogo Obshchestva (1981) 110: 341-342.",{"id":129,"year":130,"html":131,"doi":11},16123613,1986,"Ercit, T.S. (1986) The simpsonite paragenesis. Ph.D. thesis, University of Manitoba, Manitoba, Canada: 471 pgs.",{"id":133,"year":134,"html":135,"doi":11},16900203,1992,"Ercit, T. S., Černý, P., Hawthorne, F. C. (1992) The crystal chemistry of simpsonite. \u003Ci>The Canadian Mineralogist\u003C\u002Fi>,  30 (3) 663-671 \u003Ca target='_blank' href='https:\u002F\u002Frruff.info\u002Frruff_1.0\u002Fuploads\u002FCM30_663.pdf' class='refpdflink'>\u003C\u002Fa>",{"id":137,"year":138,"html":139,"doi":11},16967337,2005,"(2005) Simpsonite. \u003Ci>Handbook of Mineralogy\u003C\u002Fi>. Mineralogical Society of America \u003Ca target='_blank' href='https:\u002F\u002Fwww.handbookofmineralogy.org\u002Fpdfs\u002Fsimpsonite.pdf' class='refpdflink'>\u003C\u002Fa>",[141,151,159,165],{"id":142,"source_url":143,"license_code":144,"credit_html":145,"title":146,"description":147,"author":148,"original_width":149,"original_height":150},22415,"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=10146561","CC BY-SA 3.0","Robert M. Lavinsky, via \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=10146561\" rel=\"noopener\">Wikimedia Commons\u003C\u002Fa>","Simpsonite-154999.jpg","\u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FSimpsonite\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Simpsonite\">Simpsonite\u003C\u002Fa>\n\u003Cdl>\u003Cdd>\u003Cdl>\u003Cdd>Locality: Alto do Giz pegmatite, \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FEcuador\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Ecuador\">Equador\u003C\u002Fa>, Borborema mineral province, \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FRio_Grande_do_Norte\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Rio Grande do Norte\">Rio Grande do Norte\u003C\u002Fa>, Northeast Region, Brazil (\u003Ca rel=\"nofollow\" class=\"external text\" href=\"http:\u002F\u002Fwww.mindat.org\u002Floc-9812.html\">Locality at mindat.org\u003C\u002Fa>)\u003C\u002Fdd>\n\u003Cdd>Size: 1.6 x 1.5 x 1.8 cm.\u003C\u002Fdd>\n\u003Cdd>A sharp, lustrous, richly colored crystal that is doubly-terminated on top and bottom, though contacted on back. This piece was brought up from Brazil by Fred Pough in the 1940s when he made a famous find here (published 1945). He sold it in the late 1940's to Alex Mann of NYC.\u003C\u002Fdd>\u003C\u002Fdl>\u003C\u002Fdd>\u003C\u002Fdl>","Robert M. Lavinsky",800,730,{"id":152,"source_url":153,"license_code":144,"credit_html":154,"title":155,"description":156,"author":148,"original_width":157,"original_height":158},22416,"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=10146563","Robert M. Lavinsky, via \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=10146563\" rel=\"noopener\">Wikimedia Commons\u003C\u002Fa>","Simpsonite-155000.jpg","\u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FSimpsonite\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Simpsonite\">Simpsonite\u003C\u002Fa>\n\u003Cdl>\u003Cdd>\u003Cdl>\u003Cdd>Locality: Alto do Giz pegmatite, \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FEcuador\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Ecuador\">Equador\u003C\u002Fa>, Borborema mineral province, \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FRio_Grande_do_Norte\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Rio Grande do Norte\">Rio Grande do Norte\u003C\u002Fa>, Northeast Region, Brazil (\u003Ca rel=\"nofollow\" class=\"external text\" href=\"http:\u002F\u002Fwww.mindat.org\u002Floc-9812.html\">Locality at mindat.org\u003C\u002Fa>)\u003C\u002Fdd>\n\u003Cdd>Size: 1.3 x 1.2 x 0.8 cm.\u003C\u002Fdd>\n\u003Cdd>A sharp, lustrous, richly colored crystal that is doubly-terminated on top and bottom, though contacted on back and on the right side rather heavily. This piece was brought up from Brazil by Fred Pough in the 1940s when he made a famous find here (published 1945). He sold it in the late 1940's to Alex Mann of NYC.\u003C\u002Fdd>\u003C\u002Fdl>\u003C\u002Fdd>\u003C\u002Fdl>",438,514,{"id":160,"source_url":161,"license_code":144,"credit_html":162,"title":163,"description":164,"author":148,"original_width":149,"original_height":150},22417,"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=10445151","Robert M. Lavinsky, via \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=10445151\" rel=\"noopener\">Wikimedia Commons\u003C\u002Fa>","Simpsonite-bem-28aa.jpg","\u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FSimpsonite\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Simpsonite\">Simpsonite\u003C\u002Fa>\n\u003Cdl>\u003Cdd>\u003Cdl>\u003Cdd>Locality: Alto do Giz pegmatite, \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FEcuador\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Ecuador\">Equador\u003C\u002Fa>, Borborema mineral province, \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FRio_Grande_do_Norte\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Rio Grande do Norte\">Rio Grande do Norte\u003C\u002Fa>, Northeast Region, Brazil (\u003Ca rel=\"nofollow\" class=\"external text\" href=\"http:\u002F\u002Fwww.mindat.org\u002Floc-9812.html\">Locality at mindat.org\u003C\u002Fa>)\u003C\u002Fdd>\n\u003Cdd>Size: thumbnail, 1.6 x 1.5 x 1.8 cm\n\u003Cdl>\u003Cdt>Simpsonite\u003C\u002Fdt>\u003C\u002Fdl>\u003C\u002Fdd>\n\u003Cdd>A sharp, lustrous, richly colored crystal that is doubly-terminated on top and bottom, though contacted on back. This piece was brought up from Brazil by Fred Pough in the 1940s when he made a famous find here (published 1945). He sold it in the late 1940's to Alex Mann of NYC, for $2\u003C\u002Fdd>\u003C\u002Fdl>\u003C\u002Fdd>\u003C\u002Fdl>",{"id":166,"source_url":167,"license_code":144,"credit_html":168,"title":169,"description":170,"author":148,"original_width":157,"original_height":158},22418,"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=10445152","Robert M. Lavinsky, via \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=10445152\" rel=\"noopener\">Wikimedia Commons\u003C\u002Fa>","Simpsonite-bem-28ba.jpg","\u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FSimpsonite\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Simpsonite\">Simpsonite\u003C\u002Fa>\n\u003Cdl>\u003Cdd>\u003Cdl>\u003Cdd>Locality: Alto do Giz pegmatite, \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FEcuador\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Ecuador\">Equador\u003C\u002Fa>, Borborema mineral province, \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FRio_Grande_do_Norte\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Rio Grande do Norte\">Rio Grande do Norte\u003C\u002Fa>, Northeast Region, Brazil (\u003Ca rel=\"nofollow\" class=\"external text\" href=\"http:\u002F\u002Fwww.mindat.org\u002Floc-9812.html\">Locality at mindat.org\u003C\u002Fa>)\u003C\u002Fdd>\n\u003Cdd>Size: thumbnail, 1.3 x 1.2 x 0.8 cm\n\u003Cdl>\u003Cdt>Simpsonite\u003C\u002Fdt>\u003C\u002Fdl>\u003C\u002Fdd>\n\u003Cdd>A sharp, lustrous, richly colored crystal that is doubly-terminated on top and bottom, though contacted on back and on the right side rather heavily. This piece was brought up from Brazil by Fred Pough in the 1940s when he made a famous find here (published 1945). He sold it in the late 1940's to Alex Mann of NYC, for $2\u003C\u002Fdd>\u003C\u002Fdl>\u003C\u002Fdd>\u003C\u002Fdl>",[172],{"id":173,"url":174,"label":175,"formula":176,"spacegroup":177,"year":134},12833,"\u002Fcif\u002F12833.cif","Ercit 1992","Ta3 Al4 O14 H","P 3",[179,180,181],"Calogerasita","Calogerasite","Simpsonite (of Bowley)",[183,187,191,195,198,201,204,208,212],{"lang":184,"names":185},"ca",[186],"simpsonita",{"lang":188,"names":189},"de",[190],"Simpsonit",{"lang":192,"names":193},"es",[194],"Simpsonita",{"lang":196,"names":197},"eu",[194],{"lang":199,"names":200},"fr",[7],{"lang":202,"names":203},"it",[7],{"lang":205,"names":206},"ja",[207],"シンプソン石",{"lang":209,"names":210},"nl",[211],"Simpsoniet",{"lang":213,"names":214},"uk",[215],"сімпсоніт","Q408497",{"history":11,"applications":11}]