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[[Image:Hubnerite.jpg|thumb|right|300px|Hubnerite from Cerro de Pasco, Peru]] | |||
'''Hübnerite''' or '''hubnerite''' is a mineral consisting of [[manganese]] [[tungstate]] (chemical formula: MnWO<sub>4</sub>). It is the manganese endmember of the manganese - iron [[wolframite]] [[solid solution]] series. | '''Hübnerite''' or '''hubnerite''' is a mineral consisting of [[manganese]] [[tungstate]] (chemical formula: MnWO<sub>4</sub>). It is the manganese endmember of the manganese - iron [[wolframite]] [[solid solution]] series. | ||
It forms reddish brown to black [[monoclinic]] prismatic submetallic crystals. The crystals are typically flattened and occur with fine striations. It has a high [[specific gravity]] of 7.15 and a [[Mohs hardness]] of 4.5. It is transparent to translucent with perfect cleavage. [[Refractive index]] values are nα=2.170 - 2.200, nβ=2.220, and nγ=2.300 - 2.320. | It forms reddish brown to black [[monoclinic]] prismatic submetallic crystals. The crystals are typically flattened and occur with fine striations. It has a high [[specific gravity]] of 7.15 and a [[Mohs hardness]] of 4.5. It is transparent to translucent with perfect cleavage. [[Refractive index]] values are nα=2.170 - 2.200, nβ=2.220, and nγ=2.300 - 2.320. | ||
Revision as of 09:16, 28 April 2006
Hübnerite or hubnerite is a mineral consisting of manganese tungstate (chemical formula: MnWO4). It is the manganese endmember of the manganese - iron wolframite solid solution series. It forms reddish brown to black monoclinic prismatic submetallic crystals. The crystals are typically flattened and occur with fine striations. It has a high specific gravity of 7.15 and a Mohs hardness of 4.5. It is transparent to translucent with perfect cleavage. Refractive index values are nα=2.170 - 2.200, nβ=2.220, and nγ=2.300 - 2.320.
Typical occurrence is in association with high-temperature hydrothermal vein deposits and altered granites with greisen, granite pegmatites and in alluvial deposits.
It was first described in 1865 and named after the German mineralologist, Adolf Huebner.
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