scheelite

English

Etymology

Scheele +‎ -ite. Named after Swedish chemist Karl Wilhelm Scheele (1742–1786)[1]

Noun

scheelite (countable and uncountable, plural scheelites)

  1. (mineralogy) A mineral composed of calcium tungstate, with the chemical formula CaWO4; one of the principal ores for tungsten.
    Hypernyms: mineral; ore
    Coordinate term: wolframite

Translations

References

  1. ^ James D. Dana: Dana's System of Mineralogy. Volume II, seventh edition, revised by Charles Palache, Harry Berman, and Clifford Frondel. John Wiley & Sons, 1951

Further reading

  • David Barthelmy (1997–2026), “Scheelite”, in Webmineral Mineralogy Database.
  • “scheelite”, in Mindat.org, Keswick, Va.: Hudson Institute of Mineralogy, 2000–2026.

French

Noun

scheelite f (plural scheelites)

  1. (mineralogy) scheelite

Italian

Noun

scheelite f (plural scheeliti)

  1. (mineralogy) scheelite
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