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Hübnerite & Quartz

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Hübnerite & Quartz

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Description
Locality: 
Pasto Bueno, Ancash Department, Peru
Class: 
Combination
Size Range: 
Thumbnail (1-3cm)
Size: 
1.5 × 2 × 1.5 cm
Description

A cluster of dark red blocky well terminated hübnerite crystals with water-clear quartz needles

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Hübnerite

Formula: 
MnWO4
Strunz: 
4.DB.30
Crystal System: 
Monoclinic
Hardness: 
4.0 - 4.5
Type Locality: 
Erie and Enterprize veins, Ellsworth Mine, Ellsworth, Ellsworth District (Mammoth District), Paradise Range, Nye Co., Nevada, USA

Quartz

Formula: 
SiO2
Strunz: 
4.DA.05
Crystal System: 
Trigonal
Hardness: 
7.0
Streak: 
White