Hübnerite with Quartz and Pyrite - Baia Sprie, Maramureș County, Romania

Hübnerite with Quartz and Pyrite

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A lovely miniature of intergrown, lustrous, black bladed H'bnerite crystals measuring to 2.6 cm, nicely contrasting against a white-creamy bed of glassy prismatic milky Quartz crystals, with occasional metallic yellow Pyrite crystals. From Baia Sprie in Maramure? County, Romania, this is a superb example of well crystallised H'bnerite, the manganese end member of the Mn-Fe tungstate series.

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SpeciesQuartz, Pyrite, Hübnerite

SizeMiniature

Dimensions5.0 x 5.0 x 2.8 cm

Added on10/24/2024

LocalityRomania, Maramureș County, Baia Sprie

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Date	Collector	Acquisition price
—	Crystal Classics	Not disclosed

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