Scheelite

Specimen ID: MDY-457

Title
Scheelite
Locality
As recorded:
Xianghualing Mine, Xianghualing Sn-polymetallic ore field, Linwu, Chenzhou Prefecture, Hunan Province  China
Dimensions
35mm x 26mm x 20mm
Description
A sharp lustrous brownish floater bipyramidal Scheelite crystal, partially covered by what appears to be a gray colored sulfide, perhaps Molybdenite. Among the best known for the locality. We will send the specimen in its original Perky box from the Robert J. Noble collection, which also contains the label. Xianghualing Mine, Xianghualing Sn-polymetallic ore field, Linwu, Chenzhou Prefecture, Hunan Province  China Specimen size: 3.5 × 2.6 × 2 cm = 1.38” × 1.02” × 0.79”
Previous data
Mineral(s)
ScheeliteNone listed
Name withheld

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A sharp lustrous brownish floater bipyramidal Scheelite crystal, partially covered by what appears to be a gray colored sulfide, perhaps Molybdenite. Among the best known for the locality. Xianghualing Mine, Xianghualing Sn-polymetallic ore field, Linwu, Chenzhou Prefecture, Hunan Province, China. Specimen size: 3.5 × 2.6 × 2 cm = 1.38” × 1.02” × 0.79” Fluorescence short UV & minor fluorescence long UV Former collection of Bob Noble Reference: TE49AL5
Jordi Fabre - 4th November 2021

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A sharp lustrous brownish floater bipyramidal Scheelite crystal, partially covered by what appears to be a gray colored sulfide, perhaps Molybdenite. Among the best known for the locality. Xianghualing Mine, Xianghualing Sn-polymetallic ore field, Linwu, Chenzhou Prefecture, Hunan Province, China. Specimen size: 3.5 × 2.6 × 2 cm = 1.38” × 1.02” × 0.79” Fluorescence short UV & minor fluorescence long UV Former collection of Bob Noble Reference: TE49AL5
Jordi Fabre - 4th October 2023

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A sharp lustrous brownish floater bipyramidal Scheelite crystal, partially covered by what appears to be a gray colored sulfide, perhaps Molybdenite. Among the best known for the locality. Xianghualing Mine, Xianghualing Sn-polymetallic ore field, Linwu, Chenzhou Prefecture, Hunan Province, China. Specimen size: 3.5 × 2.6 × 2 cm = 1.38” × 1.02” × 0.79” Fluorescence short UV & minor fluorescence long UV Former collection of Bob Noble Reference: TE49AL5
Jordi Fabre - 4th October 2023
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