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Diopside & Scheelite

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Diopside & Scheelite

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Description
Locality: 
Băiţa, Nucet, Bihor County, Romania
Size Range: 
Small cabinet (7-10 cm)
Size: 
9.5 × 5 × 6 cm
Description

Elongated pale brown diopside crystals (up to 4 cm) with white grainy scheelite crystals.
Associated with sphalerite.
The scheelite crystals are very rare in this locality!
Fluoresces bright bluish white under UV illumination.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Diopside

Formula: 
CaMgSi2O6
Group Parent: 
Clinopyroxene Subgroup
Strunz: 
9.DA.15
Crystal System: 
Monoclinic
Hardness: 
5.5 - 6.5
Streak: 
white

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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