scheelite

English

Scheelite

Etymology

Scheele +‎ -ite. Named after 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; one of the principal ores for tungsten.

   Hypernyms: mineral; ore

   Coordinate term: wolframite

Related terms

• scheelium

Translations

mineral

• Bulgarian: шеелит m (šeelit)
• Finnish: scheeliitti
• French: scheelite (fr) f
• Georgian: შეელიტი (šeeliṭi)
• German: Scheelit m
• Hungarian: scheelit
• Italian: scheelite f
• Polish: szelit (pl) m
• Russian: шеели́т (ru) m (šejelít)
• Spanish: scheelita f
• Swedish: scheelit (sv) c, tungsten (sv) c

Further reading

• David Barthelmy (1997–2026), “Scheelite”, in Webmineral Mineralogy Database.
• “scheelite”, in Mindat.org, Keswick, Va.: Hudson Institute of Mineralogy, 2000–2026.

French

Noun

scheelite f (plural scheelites)

1. (mineralogy) scheelite

Italian

Noun

scheelite f (plural scheeliti)

1. (mineralogy) scheelite