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Scheelite & Epidote

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Scheelite & Epidote

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Description
Locality: 
Xanthi, East Macedonia and Thrace, Greece
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
4.5 × 3 × 2 cm
Largest Crystal: 
0.50cm
Description

Well shaped complete all around scheelite crystal in cavity with green needle form epidote and calcite.
There are a few more tiny scheelite crystals sperad on the specimen.Main crystal looks chipped but is not,just oddly terminated.
From the only known crystallized scheelite find in Greece and i was the lucky finder.Crystals are XRD and SEM analysed.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Scheelite

Formula: 
Ca(WO4)
Strunz: 
7.GA.05
Crystal System: 
Tetragonal
Hardness: 
4.5 - 5.0
Streak: 
White
Type Locality: 
Bispbergs Klack, Säter, Dalarna, Sweden

Epidote

Formula: 
{Ca2}{Al2Fe3+}(Si2O7)(SiO4)O(OH)
Strunz: 
9.BG.05a
Crystal System: 
Monoclinic
Hardness: 
6.0
Streak: 
Colorless
Type Locality: 
Bourg d'Oisans, Isère, Rhône-Alpes, France...

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