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Scheelite, Quartz, Calcite, Dolomite from Yaogangxian Mine, Nanling Mountains, Hunan, China

 
Scheelite, Quartz, Calcite, Dolomite from Yaogangxian Mine, Nanling Mountains, Hunan, China

Scheelite, Quartz, Calcite, Dolomite from Yaogangxian Mine, Nanling Mountains, Hunan, China

Scheelite, Quartz, Calcite, Dolomite from Yaogangxian Mine, Nanling Mountains, Hunan, China

Photo below under shortwave ultraviolet illumination:
Scheelite, Quartz, Calcite, Dolomite from Yaogangxian Mine, Nanling Mountains, Hunan, China

DESCRIPTION:No. 77527
Mineral:Scheelite, Quartz, Calcite, Dolomite
Locality:Yaogangxian Mine, Nanling Mountains, Hunan, China
Description:Floater cluster, fully crystallized on all faces, of lustrous transparent colorless quartz crystals to 16 mm with lustrous translucent gray-brown pseudo-octahedral scheelite crystals to 10 mm plus small colorless calcite and dolomite crystals to 1 mm. The scheelite crystals fluoresce bright blue-white under SW UV illumination. Collected ca. 1992
Overall Size:18x18x12 mm
Crystals:micro to 16 mm
Archived: For reference only

 

 

 

 

 

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