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Scheelite, Pyrite, Dolomite on Quartz from Yaogangxian Mine, Nanling Mountains, Hunan Province, China

 
Scheelite, Pyrite, Dolomite on Quartz from Yaogangxian Mine, Nanling Mountains, Hunan Province, China

Scheelite, Pyrite, Dolomite on Quartz from Yaogangxian Mine, Nanling Mountains, Hunan Province, China

Scheelite, Pyrite, Dolomite on Quartz from Yaogangxian Mine, Nanling Mountains, Hunan Province, China

Photo below under shortwave ultraviolet illumination:
Scheelite, Pyrite, Dolomite on Quartz from Yaogangxian Mine, Nanling Mountains, Hunan Province, China

DESCRIPTION:No. 45697
Mineral:Scheelite, Pyrite, Dolomite on Quartz
Locality:Yaogangxian Mine, Nanling Mountains, Hunan Province, China
Description:Transparent-to-translucent colorless quartz crystal 65 mm long partially coated with silky white dolomite crystals to 1 mm, octahedral brown scheelite crystals to 8 mm and metallic-yellow pyrite crystals to 2 mm. The scheelite fluoresces white under UV.
Overall Size:6.5x3.5x2.5 cm
Crystals:1-65 mm
Archived: For reference only

 

 

 

 

 

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