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Scheelite & Cuprotungstite

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Scheelite & Cuprotungstite

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Description
Locality: 
Humboldt County, Nevada, United States of America
Size Range: 
Small cabinet (7-10 cm)
Size: 
8 × 7 × 5.5 cm
Description

Matrix with green coloured cuprotungstite in association with scheelite which produces a blue white colour under short wave UV light. The yellow colour present in the UV photos is possibly due to the presence of powellite.

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

Cuprotungstite

Formula: 
Cu2(WO4)(OH)2
Strunz: 
7.GB.15
Hardness: 
4.0 - 5.0
Type Locality: 
La Paz, Mun. de La Paz, Baja California Sur (BC Sur), Mexico

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