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Wolframite

Ex Jose Rees Collection ( Sydney)

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Description
Locality: 
Zinc Corporation Mine, Broken Hill, Yancowinna County, New South Wales, Australia
Size Range: 
Small cabinet (7-10 cm)
Size: 
8.2 × 4 × 2.7 cm
Description

 Dozens of lustrous black wolframite crystals with grey scheelite, quartz and galena and an odd gray green micaceous coating from the 1920's in the Zinc Corp Mine at Broken Hill. this is only the second wolframite I have ever seen from Broken Hill.

 

 

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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