Despite their general uniformity, Panasqueira specimens can show a lot of variety. This Ferberite is very different from those that usually appear there since its crystals are highly elongated and fine, forming a kind of lattice. Fortunately, I am certain that it is from there since I bought it in 1990 in the mine 'Escritorio', freshly extracted from the mine by Zé da Tropa.
Minas da Panasqueira, level 2, Aldeia de São Francisco de Assis, Covilhã, Castelo Branco, Cova da Beira, Centro Portugal (1990)
Specimen size: 2.5 × 2.3 × 1.9 cm = 0.98” × 0.91” × 0.75”
Main crystal size: 1.4 × 0.2 cm = 0.55” × 0.08”
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