These scheelite crystals are a classic of Asian mineralogy, but are very difficult to find today. In this piece, we see various octahedral scheelite crystals, along with very small fluorite crystals and some larger arsenopyrite clusters. It also contains muscovite. It fluoresces under UVSW light. It belonged to the collection of Arthur Didisheim (Switzerland).

Quartz vein-type tungsten deposit. The mine was started in 1902 and abandoned in 1973. The dumps were reclaimed in 2000 and are now mostly revegetated (MINDAT).

Reserved