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Scheelite

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Description
Locality: 
Ortiz Gold Mine, Santa Fe County, New Mexico, United States of America
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
2.7 × 6.6 × 5.5 cm
Description

A string of small sharp lustrous yellow scheelite crystals are strewn aesthetically across a matrix together with minor pyrite.

A fine, unusual and detailed scheelite specimen.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Scheelite

Formula: 
Ca(WO4)
Strunz: 
7.GA.05
Crystal System: 
Tetragonal
Hardness: 
4.5 - 5.0
Streak: 
White
Type Locality: 
Bispbergs Klack, Säter, Dalarna, Sweden
Vic's Vugh Minerals