Titanowodginite is a mineral with the chemical formula MnTiTa2O8. Titanowodginite has a Mohs hardness of 5.5 and a vitreous luster. It is an iridescent dark brown to black crystal that commonly forms in a matrix of smoky quartz or white beryl in a complex zoned pegmatite.http://www.mindat.org/min-3979.html Mindathttp://www.webmineral.com/data/Titanowodginite.shtml Webmineralhttp://rruff.geo.arizona.edu/doclib/hom/titanowodginite.pdf Handbook of Mineralogy
It was first described in 1992 for an occurrence in the Tanco Mine located in southern Manitoba, Canada. It was named because it is a titanium bearing member of the wodginite group.
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