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Scheelite On Quartz

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Scheelite On Quartz

Fluorescent

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Description
Locality: 
Tae Hwa Mine, Neungam-ri , Angseong-myeon, Chungju, Chungcheong Province, South Korea
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
6 × 5.5 × 3.6 cm
Largest Crystal: 
3.40cm
Description

A beautiful specimen with highly lustrous, yellowish bipyramidal scheelite crystals up to 3.4 cm on crystallized quartz matrix from a famous South Korean locality. The scheelite crystals are perfectly developed, with one them presenting a missing tip. Fluorescence is superb under short ultraviolet light.

Acquired in 1995. Ex. Jean Soudan collection.

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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