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Wolframite & Arsenopyrite

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Wolframite & Arsenopyrite

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Description
Locality: 
Carrock Mine, Mungrisdale, Cumbria, United Kingdom
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
5.2 × 4.2 × 3 cm
Description

Quartz and muscovite matrix with inclusions of silver grey wolframite and silver/ gold arsenopyrite. Some green fluorapatite inclusions are also present. A nice rare locality specimen.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Wolframite

Synonym Of: 

Hübnerite

Formula: 
MnWO4
Strunz: 
4.DB.30
Hardness: 
4.0 - 4.5

Ferberite

Formula: 
FeWO4
Strunz: 
4.DB.30
Hardness: 
4.0 - 4.5
Formula: 
(Fe2+)WO4 to (Mn2+)WO4
Crystal System: 
Monoclinic
Hardness: 
4 - 4.5
Colour: 
Greyish-black
Streak: 
Reddish Brown

Arsenopyrite

Formula: 
FeAsS
Strunz: 
2.EB.20
Crystal System: 
Monoclinic
Hardness: 
5.5 - 6.0

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