Pointed Wolframite Cluster

Pointed Wolframite Cluster from Tae Hwa Mine, Neungam-ri, Angseong-myeon, Chungju, South Korea

Collection

Robert Lavinsky

Description

A striking and rare specimen of a sharp, saw tooth mountain range of highly lustrous, striated, parallel-growth, jet-black Wolframite crystals from the very famous Tae Wha Mine of Korea. Wolframite is essentially unknown from this famous locality, which at one time, was considered to produce some of the world’s finest Scheelites. Ex. George Feist Collection.

Locality

Tae Hwa Mine, Neungam-ri, Angseong-myeon, Chungju, South Korea

Dimensions

5.7 x 4.6 x 2.4 cm.

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