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| Item # SCH108001 Rare Dipyramidal Twinned Fluorescent Scheelite $190.00 |
Rare Multiple pseudo-octahedral crystals to 25mm sides with Muscovite. Excellent specimen!! Excellent
Fluorescence!! From the Mianyang Mine, Mianyang City, Mianyang Prefecture, Sichuan Province, China
This specimen weighs 0.36 lb (162g) and measures 1.9 x 1.9 x 1.3 inches (49 x 49 x 33mm)
Fluorescence!! From the Mianyang Mine, Mianyang City, Mianyang Prefecture, Sichuan Province, China
This specimen weighs 0.36 lb (162g) and measures 1.9 x 1.9 x 1.3 inches (49 x 49 x 33mm)
Scheelite Scheelite is Calcium tungstate, an important ore of tungsten which is a strategically important metal. Scheelite is named for the discoverer of tungsten, Karl W. Scheele. Scheelite is a “Must Have” for serious mineral collectors. It forms perfect tetragonal dipyramidal crystals that look very much like octahedrons. These pseudo-octahedral crystals are sometimes truncated with minor pyramids, but only on the top or bottom points of the crystal. Other minerals that form pseudo-octahedral crystals similar to scheelite include wardite, anatase and powellite. Powellite is associated with scheelite and it forms similar crystals. The two minerals differ in that scheelite contains tungsten while Powellite contains molybdenum. Powellite fluoresces yellow while scheelite fluoresces a bright blue under short wave ultraviolet light. Scheelite has a waxy translucent appearance and is often found in matrix on Muscovite blades Many rockhounds and prospectors looking for scheelite have made excellent finds by searching old mines and trailings at night with SW Ultra-Violet lights. The bright blue fluorescence of Scheelite is unmistakable! |
Scheelite under SW
Ultra Violet Light
Ultra Violet Light
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