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Scheelite Muscovite & Beryl

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KFT164719

Scheelite Muscovite & Beryl

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Description
Locality: 
Mount Xuebaoding, Pingwu County, Mianyang, Sichuan Province, China (Peoples Republic)
Size Range: 
Cabinet (10-18 cm)
Size: 
13.5 × 10 × 8.6 cm
Description

First please note that this specimen is very heavy. Fantastic orange intergrown Scheelite crystals with stepped faces some with a gemmy lustre. A Little bit of muscovite and a beryl crystal. In this size and quality rare and hard to obtain.

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

Muscovite

Formula: 
KAl2(AlSi3O10)(OH)2
Strunz: 
9.EC.15
Hardness: 
2.5
Streak: 
White

Beryl

Formula: 
Be3Al2(Si6O18)
Strunz: 
9.CJ.05
Crystal System: 
Hexagonal
Hardness: 
7.5 - 8.0
Streak: 
White