Scheelite  Photos      

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Scheelite 
last edited:  2/28/18  number of photos:  14
Scheelite is CaWO4
Mineral information on scheelite
Scheelite is known for its fluorescence.  Prospecting for scheelite is often at night
using a portable ultraviolet light.  Scheelite is an ore of Tungsten.  In the Huachuca
mountains located in Cochise County, Arizona there is a canyon named after this
mineral.

                                                                                                                               

photos
scheelite crystals:  1  2  3  4  5*  6*
scheelite, massive:  1  2  3  4  5  6
gray scheelite crystals:  1  2

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