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Specialty Definition: HUEBNERITE

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Mining1: A monoclinic mineral, 2[MnWO4 ] , with Mn replaced by Fe toward ferberite in the series commonly known as wolframite; one perfect cleavage; resinous; sp gr, 7.12; in granitic rocks, including pegmatites; in high-temperature quartz veins, and in placers; may be alone or associated with cassiterite, or with sulfides of iron, lead, or zinc. Alsospelled huebernite. See also:sanmartinite; huebnerite. (references)
 2: A brownish-red tungstate of manganese, Mn+2 WO4 , one of the end-members of a variable series, commonly known as wolfram or wolframite, (Fe, Mn)WO4 ; monoclinic. Syn:huebnerite;wolframite. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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