Scheelite on Muscovite with Cassiterite from Xuebaoding Mountain, near Pingwu, Sichuan Province, China
Photo below under shortwave ultraviolet illumination:
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Photo below under longwave ultraviolet illumination:
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| DESCRIPTION: | No. 75258
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| Mineral: | Scheelite on Muscovite with Cassiterite
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| Locality: | Xuebaoding Mountain, near Pingwu, Sichuan Province, China |
| Description: | Large lustrous transparent golden-orange scheelite crystals with complex surface crystallization patterns of small parallel faces on muscovite mica with black cassiterite. The scheelite crystals are pseudo-octahedral form in parallel orientation. Collected ca. 1995. Fluoresces violet-white under SW UV illumination and yellow under LW UV illumination |
| Overall Size: | 7.5x6.5x4 cm |
| Crystals: | 10-40 mm |
| Archived: | For reference only |
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