17428: Ferberite, Stibnite and Muscovite -
$20 Yaogangxian Mine, Yaogangxian W-Sn ore field, Yizhang County, Chenzhou, Hunan, China Miniature - 4.7 x 3.6 x 2.7 cm 57 grams Specimen status: Available Send an email with specimen number to order A cluster of jet black ferberite
crystals to about 4.5 cm bears a heavy coverage of
contrasting, snow white, fine-grained muscovite. The
ferberite luster is better than captured in the photos,
and the terminations are mostly complete. A 4 mm cleft in
the muscovite hosts a rich nest of hairy stibnite.
Material from this mine once flooded the mineral market
with good material was relatively cheap, but there has
been very little new material available for the past
several years.
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