| 19hhdh.n ((SCHEELITE, BERYL variety GOSHENITE, MUSCOVITE)), POSSIBLY REPAIRED OR FAKED, $10 MINIMUM BID, Pingwu Beryl Mine, Mt Xuebaoding, China, 7.5 x 7 x 3 cm, Cabinet | |
 | Scheelite fluoresces bright white. Goshenite are colorless Beryl crystals and are lustrous complete crystals. The center Goshenite crystal may be glued back or added to the specimen. With a loop, I can see what looks to me like probably glue. It is not too unusual, expecially with older specimens, to have been glued by the Chinese to repair and even to add pieces or make up specimens. Early Cinnabar specimens were almost always glued taking loose Cinnabar crystals and then being glued to matrix |
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