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Scheelite
Scheelite is a calcium tungstate mineral with the chemical formula CaWO4. It is an important ore of tungsten and is also collected as a mineral specimen because crystals can show bright blue-white fluorescence under shortwave ultraviolet light. Natural scheelite may occur in white, yellow, or other pale colors, and its name commemorates the Swedish chemist Carl Wilhelm Scheele, whose work is assoc...
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Herderite
Herderite is a calcium beryllium phosphate mineral in the apatite group, with the formula CaBe(PO4)(F,OH). It crystallizes in the monoclinic system and commonly appears as colorless, pale-yellow, or greenish-white prismatic crystals; transparent crystals from Minas Gerais, Brazil, have been cut as gems. Herderite forms a compositional series with hydroxylherderite, a related mineral reported from...
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