scheelite

English

Scheelite

Etymology

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

Noun

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

mineral

Finnish: scheeliitti
French: scheelite (fr) f
German: Scheelit n

Hungarian: scheelit
Polish: szelit (pl) m

Further reading

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

↑ 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

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