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TitleScheelite with quartz from Chaffe County in Colorado
DescriptionThis specimen, about 5 cm across, contains green scheelite and brownish quartz. Scheelite is calcium tungstate, CaWO4. The sample is from Chaffe County, Colorado. The scratches on the surface are from mineralogy students checking hardness.
LocationUSA ▹ Colorado ▹ Chaffe
PhotographerShannon Heinle. 2001-03-21.
CollectionUniversity of North Dakota Mineralogy Collection #907.
Key wordsscheelite, Colorado
Tech details723 KB. Hand specimen. Fujifilm FinePix S1Pro digital camera; 60mm AF Nikon micro lens.
GeoDIL number214