Wulfenite vs Scheelite
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Wulfenite
Wulfenite is a lead molybdate mineral with the chemical formula PbMoO4. It commonly occurs as thin, tabular tetragonal crystals in the oxidized zones of hydrothermal lead deposits, with colors ranging from yellow and honey tones to orange-red. The mineral was named in 1845 for the Austrian mineralogist and botanist Franz Xaver von Wulfen, and its bright crystals make it a recognized specimen miner...
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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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