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Hübnerite & Quartz

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Hübnerite & Quartz

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Description
Locality: 
Mundo Nuevo Mine, Huamachuco, Libertad Department, Peru
Class: 
Combination
Size Range: 
Small cabinet (7-10 cm)
Size: 
8.7 × 6.1 × 4.5 cm
Description

The matrix is covered with lustrous thin quartz crystals. The huebnerite is in amazing quality - razor sharp terminated, perfect highest possible luster, all crystals free-standing and a large main crystal in the center (up to 32mm on edges). No significant damages to report, except the degs of the specimen!

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