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Scheelite with minor Muscovite from Xuebaoding Mountain, near Pingwu, Sichuan Province, China

 
Scheelite with minor Muscovite from Xuebaoding Mountain, near Pingwu, Sichuan Province, China

Scheelite with minor Muscovite from Xuebaoding Mountain, near Pingwu, Sichuan Province, China

Scheelite with minor Muscovite from Xuebaoding Mountain, near Pingwu, Sichuan Province, China

Scheelite with minor Muscovite from Xuebaoding Mountain, near Pingwu, Sichuan Province, China

Scheelite with minor Muscovite from Xuebaoding Mountain, near Pingwu, Sichuan Province, China

Scheelite with minor Muscovite from Xuebaoding Mountain, near Pingwu, Sichuan Province, China

Photo below under shortwave ultraviolet illumination:
Scheelite with minor Muscovite from Xuebaoding Mountain, near Pingwu, Sichuan Province, China

Photo below under longwave ultraviolet illumination:
Scheelite with minor Muscovite from Xuebaoding Mountain, near Pingwu, Sichuan Province, China

DESCRIPTION:No. 78099
Mineral:Scheelite with minor Muscovite
Locality:Xuebaoding Mountain, near Pingwu, Sichuan Province, China
Description:Lustrous transparent golden-orange octahedral scheelite crystal with complex surface crystallization patterns of small parallel faces with minor muscovite on the rear where the scheelite was attached. Fluoresces violet-white under SW UV illumination and yellow under LW UV illumination
Overall Size:3.5x3.5x2.8 cm
Crystals:35 mm
Archived: For reference only

 

 

 

 

 

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