scheelite

English
Scheelite

Etymology

Named after the 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; an important tungsten ore.

Translations

Further reading
  • “Scheelite” in David Barthelmy, Webmineral Mineralogy Database, 1997–.
  • “scheelite”, in Mindat.org‎, Hudson Institute of Mineralogy, accessed 29 August 2016.
  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

French

Noun

scheelite f (plural scheelites)

  1. (mineralogy) scheelite

Italian

Noun

scheelite f (plural scheeliti)

  1. (mineralogy) scheelite
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