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Hübnerite

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Hübnerite

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Description
Locality: 
Huayllapon Mine, Pasto Bueno, Pampas District, Pallasca Province, Ancash Department, Peru
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Small cabinet (7-10 cm)
Size: 
6 × 7 × 4.5 cm
Largest Crystal: 
2.50cm
Description

Black, thin tabular, lustrous hübnerite crystals up to 25 mm tall on matrix, associated with thin prismatic to needle-like quartz crystals, up to 27 mm tall from the classic locality Huayllapon Mine, Pasto Bueno, Peru. The main hübnerite crystals show very few imperfections and the specimen is rather nice. The specimen has been sawn off on two sides. 

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

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