Magnetite Wolframite and it resided in his

and it resided in his collection until he passed in 2025

The type locality is in Hagendorf

A beautiful full miniature display specimen featuring a predominant

This species was sometimes previously referred to as "Wolframite"

but there is a Gold mining operation in the north that has produced some of the finest "phantom" Quartz specimens from any locality I have seen

Magnetite Wolframite and it resided in hisTypically, the Magnetite specimens from this locality are closely grown together, and this is a great example of said material. The piece has fine, good sized, sharp, lustrous, black, metallic, "Alpine type" octahedra (some are twinned) associated with cream colored Feldspar on matrix. Great quality for the species and the locality, and the faces on the Magnetite crystals are rather smooth and shiny. Keep in mind that there are no other localities