AllMinerals/JohnBetts-FineMinerals > Online Mineral Museum Photographic Archive > Minerals from China > Scheelite on Quartz |
DESCRIPTION: | No. 81398 |
Mineral: | Scheelite on Quartz |
Locality: | Yaogangxian Mine, Nanling Mountains, Hunan, China |
Description: | Lustrous transparent-to-translucent gray-brown pseudo-octahedral scheelite crystals to 10 mm on lustrous transparent-to-translucent colorless quartz crystals to 25 mm. The scheelite crystals fluoresce bright blue-white under shortwave UV illumination. Ex. S. Kelland collection; acquired in 2004; ex. Betts #24072 |
Overall Size: | 7.5x5x3.5 cm |
Crystals: | 2-10 mm |
Archived: | For reference only |
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