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Scheelite

Fluorescent

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Description
Locality: 
Tux Valley, Zillertal, Schwaz District, Tyrol, Austria
Class: 
Crystal Group/Cluster
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
5.4 × 3.2 × 2.6 cm
Description

Specimen composed almost exclusively by interbedded scheelite crystals that display a very intense whitish-blue fluorescence under Short UV illumination.

Specimen from the collection of Dr Bob Janssens, #F20, the label reads that it is from Lanersbach, now renamed Tux. Acquired in 2002.

Mineral Data
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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

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