Mineral description : Scheelite

White scheelite crystal from Långban. Diameter 5 mm. Yellow flourescens in UV (Mn contaminated).

Scheelite in quartz from Björkdal gold mine. White flourescens in UV.

Mineral class	Sulphates (wolframates) : Crocoite-wulfenite-scheelite group
Chemical formula	Ca(WO4)
Crystal system	Tetragonal
Habitus	Crystals often rounded dipyramidal or tabular. Also as massive or granular aggregates.
Cleavage
Hardness	4.5-5
Density	5.9-6.1
Color	Colorless, white to yellowish and grey. Transparent to translucent.
Streak	White.
Luster	Vitreous to adamantine.
Description	Scheelite is an ore of tungsten.
Occurance	In hydrothermal veins, in contact methamorphic rocks and in pegmatites. It also occurs in scarn.
Associates	Wolframite
Notes	Strong bluish-white flourescece in UV. Soluble in acids. Fuses with some difficulty.
Locations	A common mineral in the Bergslagen. A number of mines is located in the Kopparberg - Grängesberg - Ludvika area. Yxsjöberg, NNW Kopparberg. Sandudden. Wikströmsgruvan, N Kopparberg. Älgfall, Kopparberg. In a garnet-calcite scarn. Lagarudden.

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