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Wolframite

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Description
Locality: 
Baia Sprie Mine, Baia Sprie, Maramureș County, Romania
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
5 × 3.5 × 2 cm
Description

Highly lustrous, tabular and raven-black crystals of wolframite perched on a sod of glistening quartz. Wolframite was even in the active days of Baia Sprie Mine relative rare and consequently sought after by the appreciatorsof the locality. A good specimen,- such a quality has mostly disappeared from the market.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Wolframite

Synonym Of: 

Hübnerite

Formula: 
MnWO4
Strunz: 
4.DB.30
Hardness: 
4.0 - 4.5

Ferberite

Formula: 
FeWO4
Strunz: 
4.DB.30
Hardness: 
4.0 - 4.5
Formula: 
(Fe2+)WO4 to (Mn2+)WO4
Crystal System: 
Monoclinic
Hardness: 
4 - 4.5
Colour: 
Greyish-black
Streak: 
Reddish Brown
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