This partial crystal of jet black
wolframite is coated first with a druse of micro crystals of
dolomite
and then smothered with coffee coloured crystals of scheelite. The scheelite
crystals are all about 0.5 cm across. Under SW UV light the specimen is
brightly fluorescent blue-white.
Origin: Yaogangxian Mine, Chenzhou, Hunan Province, China
Sample size: 6 x 3.4 x 1.2 cm
This specimen of
muscovite
hosts a sharply terminated 2.8 cm crystal of scheelite. There is also a small
cluster of
albite crystals attached to the scheelite.
Ex. Edwards Minerals coll.
Origin: Ping Wu, Sichuan Province, China
Sample size: 4.3 x 3.4 x 3.3 cm (top), 2.8 x 2.8 x 2.4 cm (bottom)
This partial crystal of
quartz is
covered with milky white crystals of
dolomite
and on that are found a number of lustrous chocolate to grayish brown crystals
of scheelite. The largest is 1.5 cm across.
Origin: Yaogangxian Mine, Hunan Prov., China, Asia
Sample size: 6.4 x 3.7 x 2.7 cm
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