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Scheelite With Fluorite Chalcopyrite & Calcite

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FRN94413

Scheelite With Fluorite Chalcopyrite & Calcite

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Description
Locality: 
Dayu County, Ganzhou, Jiangxi Province, China (Peoples Republic)
Size Range: 
Small cabinet (7-10 cm)
Size: 
8.4 × 7.9 × 3.1 cm
Description

The lustrous and complete scheelite crystals get together into two clusters distribution on the matrix. One cluster is covered with platy crystals of calcite and some small purple fluorites on the edge.

There are cluster of deep purple fluorite sit in between of two clusters of scheelite. You can also see some completed chalcopyrite crystal on the matrix as well.

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

Fluorite

Formula: 
CaF2
Strunz: 
3.AB.25
Crystal System: 
Isometric
Hardness: 
4.0
Streak: 
White
Type Locality: 
Jáchymov (St Joachimsthal), Jáchymov District (St Joachimsthal), Krušné Hory Mts (Erzgebirge), Karlovy Vary Region, Bohemia (Böhmen; Boehmen), Czech Republic

Chalcopyrite

Formula: 
CuFeS2
Strunz: 
2.CB.10a
Crystal System: 
Tetragonal
Hardness: 
3.5 - 4.0

Calcite

Polymorph of: 
Formula: 
CaCO3
Strunz: 
5.AB.05
Crystal System: 
Trigonal
Hardness: 
3.0
Streak: 
White
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