scheelite

English

Scheelite

Etymology

Named after the Swedish chemist Karl Wilhelm Scheele (1742-1786).

Noun

scheelite (countable and uncountable, plural scheelites)

1. (mineralogy) A mineral composed of calcium tungstate, with the chemical formula CaWO₄; it is one of the principal ores for tungsten.

   Hypernyms: mineral; ore

   Coordinate term: wolframite

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

French

Noun

scheelite f (plural scheelites)

1. (mineralogy) scheelite

Italian

Noun

scheelite f (plural scheeliti)

1. (mineralogy) scheelite