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Definition of Scheelite

1. Noun. A mineral used as an ore of tungsten.

Definition of Scheelite

1. n. Calcium tungstate, a mineral of a white or pale yellowish color and of the tetragonal system of crystallization.

Definition of Scheelite

1. Noun. (minerology) A mineral composed of calcium tungstate, with the chemical formula CaWO₄; an important tungsten ore. ¹

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Definition of Scheelite

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Medical Definition of Scheelite

1. Calcium tungstate, a mineral of a white or pale yellowish colour and of the tetragonal system of crystallization. Origin: From C.W.Scheele, a Swedish chemist. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

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Literary usage of Scheelite

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1. The Non-metallic Minerals: Their Occurrence and Uses by George Perkins Merrill (1910)
"The wolframite, with a less amount of scheelite, is disseminated ... Scheelite. This is a calcium tungstate, consisting when pure of some 80.6 per cent ..."

2. The Non-metallic Minerals: Their Occurrence and Uses by George Perkins Merrill (1910)
"The wolframite, with a less amount of scheelite, is disseminated ... Scheelite. This is a calcium tungstate, consisting when pure of some 80.6 per cent ..."

3. Bulletin by Mysore Geologists' Association (1918)
"Decomposition of Scheelite Acid Method. Scheelite is easily decomposed by heating with concentrated hydrochloric acid or nitric acid giving calcium chloride ..."

4. Mineralogy: An Introduction to the Scientific Study of Minerals by Henry Alexander Miers (1902)
"THE TUNGSTATES THE Scheelite GROUP Scheelite CaWO4 Wulfenite ... Scheelite. — Tungstate of calcium; CaWO4 ; CaO=19-4, WO3 = 8O6. ..."

5. Descriptive Mineralogy by William Shirley Bayley (1917)
"Scheelite crystallizes in the tetragonal bipyramidal class. ... Scheelite is white, yellow, brown, greenish or reddish, with a white FIG. 145. FIG. 146. ..."

6. The Non-metallic Minerals: Their Occurrence and Uses by George Perkins Merrill (1904)
"Scheelite. This is calcium tungstate, consisting when pure of some 80.6 per cent tungsten ... Scheelite is much less common in its occurrence than wolfram, ..."

7. The Non-metallic Minerals: Their Occurrence and Uses by George Perkins Merrill (1904)
"Scheelite. This is calcium tungstate, consisting when pure of some 80.6 per cent tungsten ... Scheelite is much less common in its occurrence than wolfram, ..."

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