Scheelite with Muscovite, Calcite

specimen number:
9507144

location:
Pingwu mine, Huya, Pingwu Co., Mianyang, Sichuan, China

description:
Very fine classic specimen from China with lustrous orange translucent crystals of scheelite to 3.0 cm in size set aesthetically up on a matrix of platy thin muscovite crystals with minor calcite. In excellent condition. The color and luster are very fine.

Located in the high alpine region of Sichuan Province, the Mount Little Xuebaoding deposit in Pingwu County features complex quartz-mica and quartz-feldspar-mica veins formed through granitic intrusions into metamorphic host rocks like marble and schist. Commercial mining and dedicated specimen collecting began accelerating around the mid-to-late 1990s, turning the area into a world-famous locality renowned for yielding exceptional, museum-quality mineral specimens such as large euhedral orange scheelite crystals, gemmy blue tabular beryl crystals, the rare mineral kesterite, etc.

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