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Hubeite

Rare Mineral
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Description
Locality: 
Fengjiashan Mine, Daye County, Huangshi, Hubei Province, China (Peoples Republic)
Size Range: 
Cabinet (10-18 cm)
Size: 
17.5 × 9 × 7.5 cm
Description

This is a fantastic and very rich old time hubeite specimen.

Beautiful brown hubeite microcrystals on gemmy quartz crystals with calcite crystals.

Very attractive specimen.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Hubeite

Formula: 
Ca2Mn2+Fe3+[HSi4O13]·2H2O
Strunz: 
9.BJ.60
Crystal System: 
Triclinic, pinacoidal
Hardness: 
5.5
Type Locality: 
Fengjiashan Mine (Daye copper mine), Daye Co., Huangshi Prefecture, Hubei Province, China