scheeliet
Sign in to saveScheelite is a calcium tungstate mineral with the chemical formula CaWO4. It is an important ore of tungsten (wolfram). Scheelite is originally named after Swedish chemist Carl Wilhelm Scheele (1742–1786). Well-formed crystals are sought by collectors and are occasionally fashioned into gemstones when suitably free of flaws. Scheelite has been synthesized using the Czochralski process; the material produced may be used to imitate diamond, as a scintillator, or as a solid-state lasing medium. It was also used in radium paint in the same fashion as was zinc sulphide, and Thomas Edison invented a
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Within Vinony's link graph, scheeliet is referenced by 165 other articles, and connects out to Mohs scale of mineral hardness, relative density and Switzerland.
It is catalogued under topics including Calcium minerals, Gemstones and Laser gain media.
Its subject is documented across 37 Wikipedia language editions.
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
- Subclass of
- phosphate mineral
- Named after
- Carl Wilhelm Scheele
- 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
- crystal system
- tetragonal crystal system
- IMA Mineral Symbol
- Sch
- Strunz 8th edition (series ID, updated)
- VI/F.01
Sources (2)
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Article · Nederlands
Het mineraal scheeliet is een calcium-wolframaat met de chemische formule CaWO4.
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