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Scheelite & Polycrase-(Y)

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Scheelite & Polycrase-(Y)

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Description
Locality: 
Baveno, Verbano-Cusio-Ossola Province, Piedmont, Italy
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Small miniature (3-4.5 cm)
Size: 
4.2 × 3.5 × 1.9 cm
Description

A perfect, light cognac scheelite crystal on quartz with light brown polycrase-Y; self collected on 2016

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

Polycrase-(Y)

Formula: 
(Y,U)(Ti,Nb)2O6
Strunz: 
4.DG.05
Hardness: 
5.0 - 6.0
Colour: 
Black
Type Locality: 
Rasvåg feldspar quarries, Hidra (Hitterø), Flekkefjord, Vest-Agder, Norway