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Scheelite

Scheelite forming intergrown octahedral crystals from the Yaogangxian mine in Yizhang County, Chenzhou, Hunan Province, China. This heavy, light orange crystals with edges up to and exceeding 3,5 cm in length, some of which become semi-transparent in areas where the colour intensifies. Under short wave ultraviolet (SWUV) light the Scheelite fluoresces bright cream to snowy-white.

Origin Asia » China » Sichuan » Pingwu » Xuebaoding Mt., Huya
Size category Small Cabinet (7-10 cm)
Size 7,2 x 4,4 x 6,0 cm
Weight 352 g
The biggest crystal 3,55 x 2,95 x 4,6 cm

Scheelite

Scheelite was named in 1821 by Karl von Caesar Leonhard in honor of the Swedish chemist Carl Wilhelm Scheele (1742-1786). Scheelite is clear, grayish-white, brownish, yellow, orange and reddish, its gloss is greasy. It occurs on Sn-W deposits in greisen, as well as in skarn, erlan and hydrothermal veins.

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