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Hübnerite

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Hübnerite

Former collection Lehmann (CH)
Classic Locality

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Description
Locality: 
Mundo Nuevo Mine, Huamachuco, Libertad Department, Peru
Class: 
Crystal Group/Cluster
Size Range: 
Thumbnail (1-3cm)
Size: 
2.9 × 1.8 × 2 cm
Largest Crystal: 
0.80cm
Weight: 
7.00gr
Description

A dozen of sharp, jet black hubnerite tabular crystals elegantly couple with white quartz crystals in this outstanding floater. This excellent specimen is a true classic, perfectly balanced. Hubnerite crystals feature the classic hoppered habitus, with a blood red hue when backlit.
It comes with a rounded galena crystal and some minor pyrite, which not only add to the paragenesis, but also provide a further color contrast to the overall specimen. qith quartz, minor pyrite and a rounded galena.

An excellent Peruvian classic, very sought-after and hard to find in this quality nowadays.

Former collection Lehmann (CH), including his handwritten label pasted on a plastic plinth.

Pasted Label
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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