Columbite supergroup of minerals: nomenclature and …
The criteria for a mineral to belong to the columbite supergroup are: the general stoichiometry MO 2; the crystal structure based on the hexagonal close packing (hcp) of anions (or close to it); the six-fold coordination number of M-type cations (augmented to eight-fold in the case of slight distortion of hcp); and the presence of zig …