Scheelite fluoresces blue under UV light (right)
Origin: Princess Pat Mine, San Bernardino Co., California, U.S.A.
Sample size: 12 x 7 x 4 cm
Origin: Xue Bao Diang Mine, Ping Wu, Sichuan Province, Chila
Sample size: 4.5 x 3.5 x 3 cm
Scheelite on
quartz
Origin: San Jose de Huayllay District, Cerro de Pasco, Peru
Sample size: 3.8 x 2.9 x 2 cm
This is a composite crystal of lustrous, deep orange coloured scheelite with a
1.1 cm tabular crystal of
beryl
attached to it.
Origin: Ping Wu, Sichuan Province, China
Sample size: 4.2 x 4 x 3.5 cm
This specimen of massive
chalcopyrite and
quartz
has an exposed vug with crystals of
calcite,
chalcopyrite and deep steel bluish grey scheelite. The largest of the two
scheelite crystals is 1.5 cm across - considered very large for this locality.
Origin: Mine #5, Baia Sprie, Maramures, Transylvania, Romania
Sample size: 8 x 6.2 x 4.5 cm
Scheelite with
quartz
Origin: Khapalu, Baltistan, Pakistan, Asia
Sample size: 3.5 x 2.3 x 1.7 cm
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