Scheelite with Fluorite and Titanite(?) (rare combination)

Item Description

This remote Chinese locality has become a prolific producer of fine quality crystallized specimens. This beautiful cabinet display specimen hosts a pronounced, sharp, well-formed, blocky, soft greenish-yellow colored, doubly-terminated Scheelite crystal measuring 3.6 cm long with a few superb quality, very gemmy, colorless, octahedral Fluorite crystals measuring up to 2.8 cm across sitting on a matrix coated with micro beige-brown colored Nelenite. There is a thin unidentified "wedge"-shaped crystal on the specimen that measures 4.6 cm long, and I believe it is possibly Titanite based upon the habit, and the fact that a crystal this size has to be a fairly common species. Titanite is reported from the Huanggang Mine, but I can't remember seeing one prior to this. With that said, the crystal has not be analyzed, so this is merely speculation. There is also a pink fluorescence on this crystal, which seems odd for the species Overall, the piece is in superb condition, as I cannot find any major damage anywhere. A wonderful and showy example of this soon to be classic material from this unique locality. Priced at $6,500 in the inventory. Ex Dr. Stephen Smale Collection. Along with amassing one of the finest private mineral collections in the world, Steve is a renowned mathematician. His accomplishments include being awarded the Fields Medal in 1966 along with being the awarded the Wolf Prize in mathematics in 2007. You can read Steve's bio on the Mineralogical Record website ( https://mineralogicalrecord.com/biographies_labels/smalestephen/ ) or on Wikipedia.