Fluorescent Scheelite Veins in Quartzite, Mittersill, Salzburg, Austria
Contributed by: Chris Clemens
minID: XVV-RDF
Date: Apr 23rd, 2026
Locality: Western ore field, Mittersill Scheelite deposit, Mittersill, Zell am See District, Salzburg, Austria (See on Mindat)
Size: 11 x 1.4 x 15.5 cm
Weight: 382 g
Description:
This is a cut quartzite slab containing veins of scheelite with minor mica schist. From the Wolfram Bergbau und Hütten AG Mine, scheelite deposit, 7 km south of Mittersill, Salzburg, Austria. Under shortwave UV, the parallel scheelite veins fluoresce bright sky blue. The quartzite and mica schist are not fluorescent.
Originally posted by Chris Clemens on Nature's Rainbows in 2016.
Summary of luminescence responses:
Scheelite (Mindat) (RRUFF)
- Fluorescence under Shortwave (254nm Lamp/Mercury) UV light: Blue