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Scheelite & Quartz

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Scheelite & Quartz

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Description
Locality: 
Tae Hwa Mine, Neungam-ri , Angseong-myeon, Chungju, Chungcheong Province, South Korea
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Cabinet (10-18 cm)
Size: 
11 × 8.5 × 7.5 cm
Description

Two large, sharp, violet crystals of Scheelite up to 3 cm on an 11cm Quartz crystal. An unusual and fine display specimen from Korean Republic.

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