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Scheelite & Muscovite & Stilbite

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Scheelite & Muscovite & Stilbite

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Description
Locality: 
Chenzhou Prefecture, Hunan Province, China (Peoples Republic)
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Thumbnail (1-3cm)
Size: 
2 × 1 × 1 cm
Description

Nice scheelite crystals with muscovite and stilbite

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

Muscovite

Formula: 
KAl2(AlSi3O10)(OH)2
Strunz: 
9.EC.15
Hardness: 
2.5
Streak: 
White

Stilbite

Synonym Of: 

Stilbite-Ca

Formula: 
NaCa4[Al9Si27O72]·nH2O
Strunz: 
9.GE.10
Hardness: 
3.5 - 4.0

Stilbite-Na

Formula: 
(Na,Ca,K)6-7[Al8Si28O72]·nH2O
Strunz: 
9.GE.10
Hardness: 
3.5 - 4.0
Hardness: 
3.5 - 4
Colour: 
White
Streak: 
White