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Scheelite from Hengyang, Hunan, China

 
Scheelite from Hengyang, Hunan, China

Scheelite from Hengyang, Hunan, China

Photo below under shortwave ultraviolet illumination:
Scheelite from Hengyang, Hunan, China

DESCRIPTION:No. 63664
Mineral:Scheelite
Locality:Hengyang, Hunan, China
Description:Lustrous translucent brown-gray scheelite crystals on gray matrix that appears to be muscovite and barite with dark cassiterite microcrystals. The scheelite crystals are pseudo-octahedral form and fluoresce blue-white under SW UV illumination. Ex. Mort Metersky collection
Overall Size:22x20x16 mm
Crystals:3-15 mm
Archived: For reference only

 

 

 

 

 

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