scheelite

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scheelite

Scheelite

Etymology edit

Named after the Swedish chemist Karl Wilhelm Scheele (1742-1786).^[1]

Noun edit

scheelite (countable and uncountable, plural scheelites)

(mineralogy) A mineral composed of calcium tungstate, with the chemical formula Ca W O₄; an important tungsten ore.

Translations edit

mineral

Bulgarian: шеелит m (šeelit)
Finnish: scheeliitti
French: scheelite (fr) f
German: Scheelit m
Hungarian: scheelit
Italian: scheelite f
Polish: szelit (pl) m
Spanish: scheelita f
Swedish: scheelit (sv) c, tungsten (sv) c

Further reading edit

David Barthelmy (1997–2024) “Scheelite”, in Webmineral Mineralogy Database.
“scheelite”, in Mindat.org‎^[1], Hudson Institute of Mineralogy, 2000–2024.

^ 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 edit

Noun edit

scheelite f (plural scheelites)

(mineralogy) scheelite

Italian edit

Noun edit

scheelite f (plural scheeliti)

(mineralogy) scheelite

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