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Scheelite, Calcite, Muscovite from Yaogangxian Mine, 32 km southeast of Chenzhou, Hunan, China

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DESCRIPTION:	No. 81695
Mineral:	Scheelite, Calcite, Muscovite
Locality:	Yaogangxian Mine, 32 km southeast of Chenzhou, Hunan, China
Description:	Lustrous transparent-to-translucent brown pseudo-octahedral 28 mm scheelite crystal, on silvery muscovite mica crystals to 12 mm, with partial overgrowth of transparent colorless bladed calcite crystals to 4 mm. The scheelite fluoresce bright blue-white under SW UV, the calcite fluoresces dull orange under LW UV.
Overall Size:	29x28x22 mm
Crystals:	1-28 mm
Archived:	For reference only

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