scheelite

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

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

• David Barthelmy (1997–2023), “Scheelite”, in Webmineral Mineralogy Database.
• “scheelite”, in Mindat.org‎, Hudson Institute of Mineralogy, 2000–2023.

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

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French

Noun

scheelite f (plural scheelites)

1. (mineralogy) scheelite

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Italian

Noun

scheelite f (plural scheeliti)

1. (mineralogy) scheelite