Scheelite

Great orange Scheelite crystal from Tenkergyn, northern Chukotka.
[photo/collection: Maurice de Graaf]

Much less spectacular is the Scheelite from Gumbeiskoye in the Yuzhnyi Ural.
[photo/collection: Maurice de Graaf]


Although Tyrny-Auz is a well known Scheelite locality, the mineral is very
hard to find without SWUV light. The
upper picture shows a lot of white phases, below is the same area, blue
fluorescence shows where the Scheelite is.
[photo's/collection: Maurice de Graaf]