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TitleHuebnerite with quartz from Pima County, Arizona
DescriptionThis 8 cm wide sample is from Pima County, Arizona, USA. The dark mineral is huebnerite, MnWO4, a manganese and tungsten ore mineral. Huebnerite forms solid solutions with ferberite, FeWO4, and compositions between are called wolframite. The names huebnerite and ferberite are reserved for compositions near the end members.
LocationUSA ▹ Arizona ▹ Pima County
PhotographerDarla Sondrol. 2001-03-21.
CollectionUniversity of North Dakota Mineralogy Collection #904.
Key wordsheubenerite, ferberite, wolframite, quartz, Arizona
Tech details1010 KB. Hand specimen. Fujifilm FinePix S1Pro digital camera; 60mm AF Nikon micro lens.
GeoDIL number217