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Fluorapatite, Ferberite, Pyrite

Unknown Owner
Different specimen from Panasqueira. Aerial group of light yellow Fluorapatite crystals, very bright, and with small crystals of Pyrite scattered on the faces. Disposed on a lustrous crystal of Ferberite partially covered by Pyrite crystals. Nicer and unusual combination specimen.

Product details

Species
Ferberite, Pyrite, FluorapatiteAbout Ferberite →
SizeSmall Cabinet
Dimensions4.0 x 7.0 cm
Added on06/16/2025
Locality
Portugal, Panasqueira MinesRegional guide →

Known provenance

DateCollectorAcquisition price
06/2025Unknown OwnerNot disclosed
—MChMineralsNot disclosed

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Ferberite
Mineral guide
Learn about Ferberite
iron-rich wolframite with stout blade-like prisms and deep black luster; forms in hydrothermal tin-tungsten deposits; prized on quartz or fluorite.
Ferberite
Regional guide
Ferberite from Panasqueira Mines, Portugal
Panasqueira ferberite is the European classic against which most crystallized ferberite is judged. The best specimens are not merely black ore crystals: they are sculptural, high-luster, metallic to submetallic blades and thick tabular prisms, commonly striated, sometimes doubly terminated, and often set in the distinctive Panasqueira palette of white quartz, pearly muscovite, brown siderite, silvery arsenopyrite, purple to green fluorapatite, cassiterite, pyrite, chalcopyrite, calcite, and dolomite. In a cabinet, a good piece reads immediately as Panasqueira—black, heavy, sharp, and architectural, with the mine’s characteristic quartz-vein openness preserved in miniature.