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Zinnwaldite Scheelite Quartz

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Zinnwaldite Scheelite Quartz

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Description
Locality: 
Zinnwald, Saxony, Germany
Class: 
Massive/Crystalline
Size Range: 
Cabinet (10-18 cm)
Size: 
10 × 6 × 7 cm
Weight: 
934.00gr
Description

A perfectly layered vein sample of the well known "Zinnwald seams" due to the horizontal dipping. On the selvages crystallize big zinnwaldite mica and the centre of the vein is filled with drusy quartz with scheelite. Very good obtainable with UV-light, see the light spots. The type mineral from the type locality, rare in this quality and size.

Collected: 
2009
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

Quartz

Formula: 
SiO2
Strunz: 
4.DA.05
Crystal System: 
Trigonal
Hardness: 
7.0
Streak: 
White

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Marco Drechsel

SPK Mittelsachsen

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