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scheelita
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mineral tungstato

Key facts

Mineral.name
Scheelite
Mineral.category
Tungstate mineral
Mineral.boxbgcolor
ee964b
Mineral.image
Scheelite-224167.jpg
Mineral.imagesize
260px
Mineral.formula
CaWO4
Mineral.IMAsymbol
Sch
Mineral.strunz
7.GA.05
Mineral.system
Tetragonal
Mineral.class
Dipyramidal (4/m) H-M symbol: (4/m)
Mineral.symmetry
I41/a
Mineral.unit cell
a = 5.2429(3), Å c = 11.3737(6) Å; Z = 4
Mineral.color
Colorless, white, gray, dark brown, brown, tan, pale yellow, yellow-orange, golden yellow, pale shades of orange, red, green, etc.; colorless in transmitted light and may be compositionally color zoned
Mineral.habit
Pseudo-octahedra, massive, columnar, granular
Mineral.twinning
Common, penetration and contact twins, composition plane {110} or {001}
Mineral.cleavage
On {101}, distinct; on {112}, interrupted; on {001}, indistinct
Mineral.fracture
Subconchoidal to uneven
Mineral.tenacity
Brittle

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Wikidata facts

Image
Scheelite MHNT.MIN.2004.0.88 (p).jpg
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Nickel-Strunz 9th edition (updated 2009)
7.GA.05
Commons category
Scheelite
chemical formula
CaWO₄
Nickel-Strunz '10th ed', review of (9th ed/ 2009 update)
7.GA.05
streak color
white
IMA Mineral Symbol
Sch
Strunz 8th edition (series ID, updated)
VI/F.01
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La scheelita es un mineral formado por wolframio y calcio, que responde a la fórmula química CaWO4.

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