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Scheelite (purple) with Calcite and Jamesonite-Boulangerite from Yaogangxian Mine, Nanling Mountains, Hunan, China

 
Scheelite (purple) with Calcite and Jamesonite-Boulangerite from Yaogangxian Mine, Nanling Mountains, Hunan, China

Scheelite (purple) with Calcite and Jamesonite-Boulangerite from Yaogangxian Mine, Nanling Mountains, Hunan, China

Scheelite (purple) with Calcite and Jamesonite-Boulangerite from Yaogangxian Mine, Nanling Mountains, Hunan, China

Scheelite (purple) with Calcite and Jamesonite-Boulangerite from Yaogangxian Mine, Nanling Mountains, Hunan, China

Scheelite (purple) with Calcite and Jamesonite-Boulangerite from Yaogangxian Mine, Nanling Mountains, Hunan, China

Photo below under shortwave ultraviolet illumination:
Scheelite (purple) with Calcite and Jamesonite-Boulangerite from Yaogangxian Mine, Nanling Mountains, Hunan, China

DESCRIPTION:No. 69236
Mineral:Scheelite (purple) with Calcite and Jamesonite-Boulangerite
Locality:Yaogangxian Mine, Nanling Mountains, Hunan, China
Description:Lustrous translucent purple-gray 16 mm pseudo-octahedral scheelite crystal with one face coated with lustrous transparent colorless calcite crystals to 1 mm with dark hair-like jamesonite-boulangerite crystals. The scheelite fluoresces white under SW UV. Ex. Georg Gebhard. For locality information see: Mineralogical Record v.42#6, Rocks and Minerals v.80#1
Overall Size:3.5x3x2 cm
Crystals:micro to 16 mm
Archived: For reference only

 

 

 

 

 

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