A betafite octahedron collected in Bancroft, Ontario, Canada. Betafite, a mineral group in the pyrochloresupergroup, typically occurs as a primary mineral in granite pegmatites, and rarely in carbonatites. Though there is no applicable use for the accepted betafite species, it is an important ore of thorium, uranium, and niobium.10 Jun 2016
Betafite
A betafite octahedron collected in Bancroft, Ontario, Canada. Betafite, a mineral group in the pyrochloresupergroup, typically occurs as a primary mineral in granite pegmatites, and rarely in carbonatites. Though there is no applicable use for the accepted betafite species, it is an important ore of thorium, uranium, and niobium.