Fengjiashan Mine
Daye Co., Huangshi, Hubei, China
冯家山铜矿 (大冶铜矿), 大冶市, 黄石市, 湖北省, 中国
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Minerals Found Here
HubeiteTL
ExcellentCa2Mn2+Fe3+Si4O12(OH)·2H2O• Triclinic
Hubeite is a new mineral discovered in year 2001 by The Rocksmiths, US mineral dealers. It was previously called babingtonite and manganbabingtonite in error.
Inesite
ExcellentCa2(Mn,Fe)7Si10O28(OH)2·5H2O• Triclinic
Chalcopyrite
GoodCuFeS2• Tetragonal
Initial ore mineral when the mine was worked for copper.
Pyrite
GoodFeS2• Isometric
Fluorapophyllite-(Na)
AverageNaCa4(Si8O20)F·8H2O• Orthorhombic
Manganbabingtonite
AverageCa2(Mn,Fe)FeSi5O14(OH)• Triclinic
Some of the "manganbabingtonite" specimens from here turned out to be the new species hubeite, for which this is the type locality.