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Scheelite on Quartz with Pyrrhotite and Dolomite from Morro Velho Mine, Nova Lima, Minas Gerais, Brazil

 
Scheelite on Quartz with Pyrrhotite and Dolomite from Morro Velho Mine, Nova Lima, Minas Gerais, Brazil

Scheelite on Quartz with Pyrrhotite and Dolomite from Morro Velho Mine, Nova Lima, Minas Gerais, Brazil

Scheelite on Quartz with Pyrrhotite and Dolomite from Morro Velho Mine, Nova Lima, Minas Gerais, Brazil

Photo below under shortwave ultraviolet illumination:
Scheelite on Quartz with Pyrrhotite and Dolomite from Morro Velho Mine, Nova Lima, Minas Gerais, Brazil

DESCRIPTION:No. 63832
Mineral:Scheelite on Quartz with Pyrrhotite and Dolomite
Locality:Morro Velho Mine, Nova Lima, Minas Gerais, Brazil
Description:Transparent colorless quartz crystals to 40 mm with a transparent red-orange 7 mm scheelite crystal (fluoresces white under SW UV illumination) plus bronze-metallic bladed pyrrhotite crystals to 3 mm and translucent pale-gray dolomite crystals to 4 mm.
Overall Size:7x3x3 cm
Crystals:1-40 mm
Archived: For reference only

 

 

 

 

 

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