Specimen #781

Name: Scheelite on Muscovite

Type: Mineral

Locality: Xuebaoding Mountain near Pingwu, Sichuan Province, China

Favorite? N

Fluorescent? N

Size: 6.5 x 4.5 x 3 cm

Weight: 109

Acquired: 2008-08-27

Source: John Betts

Label: N

Comment: Translucent orange scheelite crystals up to 18 mm on plate of limonite-stained muscovite mica crystals up to 15 mm. The scheelite crystals have lustrous faces with some faces showing many smaller faces when viewed under magnification. Highly fluorescent. No damage. Ex. Robert C. Lambert #215; ex. A. Priceman. Overall size of mineral specimen: 6.5x4.5x3 cm. Size of individual crystals: 5-18 mm.

Minerals: Muscovite (KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH,F)₂) Scheelite (CaWO₄)

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Scheelite on Muscovite, Xuebaoding Mountain near Pingwu, Sichuan Province, China - 6.5 x 4.5 x 3 cm

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Scheelite on Muscovite, Xuebaoding Mountain near Pingwu, Sichuan Province, China - 6.5 x 4.5 x 3 cm

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Scheelite on Muscovite, Xuebaoding Mountain near Pingwu, Sichuan Province, China - 6.5 x 4.5 x 3 cm

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Scheelite on Muscovite, Xuebaoding Mountain near Pingwu, Sichuan Province, China

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Scheelite on Muscovite, Xuebaoding Mountain near Pingwu, Sichuan Province, China

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Scheelite on Muscovite, Xuebaoding Mountain near Pingwu, Sichuan Province, China

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Scheelite on Muscovite, Xuebaoding Mountain near Pingwu, Sichuan Province, China

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Scheelite on Muscovite, Xuebaoding Mountain near Pingwu, Sichuan Province, China