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Scheelite With Calcite

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Scheelite With Calcite

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Description
Locality: 
Dongshan Mine, Xianghualing, Linwu County, Hunan Province, China (Peoples Republic)
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Cabinet (10-18 cm)
Size: 
11 × 9 × 3.5 cm
Largest Crystal: 
1.00cm
Weight: 
365.00gr
Description

Orange brown crystal clusters on a clear fluorite matrix with a lenticular calcite crystal sitting on top

Attractive combination specimen from Dongshan

The scheelite show the typical pseudooctahedral form and bright blue/white fluorescence (SWUV)

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

Calcite

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

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