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Crocoite
Crocoite is a lead chromate mineral with the chemical formula PbCrO4. It commonly forms slender, elongated crystals in vivid orange, red, or reddish-orange colors, making well-formed specimens valued by mineral collectors, although its softness and lead content limit practical use as jewelry. The mineral was first identified from material found in the Ural region, while the Dundas district of Tasm...
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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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