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Ferberite

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Description
Locality: 
Karl Liebknecht Shaft, Oelsnitz, Zwickau, Saxony, Germany
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Small miniature (3-4.5 cm)
Size: 
3.6 × 3.8 × 2.5 cm
Description

Germany; High lustrous black metallic flat prismatic crystals of 3 cm on Quartz matrix. Pretty and interesting display specimens from a rare historic site. The Mine was only in operation from 1916 to 1919.

Mineral Data
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Ferberite

Formula: 
FeWO4
Strunz: 
4.DB.30
Crystal System: 
Monoclinic
Hardness: 
4.0 - 4.5
Type Locality: 
Niña Mine, Sierra Almagrera, Cuevas del Almanzora (Cuevas de Vera), Almería, Andalusia, Spain