Detailed information
Species
Scheelite
Dimensions
110 x 77 x 32
mm
Locality
Cínovec/Zinnwald, Erzgebirge; Krusné Hory Saxony & Ústí Region (Bohemia) Germany & Czech Republic
Condition
No recorded repairs
Well-developed octahedral crystals of the calcium tungstate, Scheelite, are strewn across a surface of glassy Quartz platelets shot-through with patches and veinlets of cryptocrystalline purple Fluorite. The Scheelite crystals are sparsely scattered across the entire top face and vary from 1 to 6 mm. A classic specimen from the Cinovec/Zinnwald tin deposit which spans the border between the Czech Republic and Germany.