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Ferberite

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Ferberite

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Description
Locality: 
Gatumba Pegmatite, Ngororero, Western Province, Rwanda
Class: 
Crystal Group/Cluster
Size Range: 
Thumbnail (1-3cm)
Size: 
1.8 × 1.2 × 1.2 cm
Description

Black shiny single crystal group of ferberite (but labeled as the old name reinite in the plastic box) from Rwanda.

Ex Vandenbroucke Museum collection from Waregem, Belgium.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

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

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