Ferberite-huebnerite Series

Ferberite crystals on granitic matrix, from the McGuire Pit, Marathon County, Wisconsin. Field of view is 1.5 mm left to right. (Dan Behnke specimen and image.)

Formula: (Fe,Mn)WO4 - Monoclinic

Description:

The ferberite- huebnerite series is a series of tungstate mineralss with varying proportions of iron to manganese. They are relatively high temperature minerals characteristically found in quartz veins associated with granite.

MARATHON COUNTY: Both ferberite and huebnerite have been reported associated with topaz, cassiterite and other rare minerals from the McGuire Pit, west of Wausau. The ferberite-hubnerite form “dark red-brown to black crystals to 1.5 mm on and in albite and quartz”.(Buchholz et al., 2004).