"scheelite" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: scheelites [plural]
Etymology: Scheele + -ite. Named after Swedish chemist Karl Wilhelm Scheele (1742–1786) Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|Scheele|ite}} Scheele + -ite, {{yesno||n|N}} N, {{named-after/list|chemist||||}} chemist, {{!}} |, {{lang|en|Karl Wilhelm Scheele}} Karl Wilhelm Scheele, {{named-after|en|Karl Wilhelm Scheele|born=1742|died=1786|nat=Swedish|occ=chemist|wplink==}} Named after Swedish chemist Karl Wilhelm Scheele (1742–1786) Head templates: {{en-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. Wikipedia link: scheelite Tags: countable, uncountable Hypernyms: mineral, ;, ore Related terms: scheelium Coordinate_terms: wolframite Translations (mineral): шеелит (šeelit) [masculine] (Bulgarian), scheeliitti (Finnish), scheelite [feminine] (French), შეელიტი (šeeliṭi) (Georgian), Scheelit [masculine] (German), scheelit (Hungarian), scheelite [feminine] (Italian), szelit [masculine] (Polish), шеели́т (šejelít) [masculine] (Russian), scheelita [feminine] (Spanish), scheelit [common-gender] (Swedish), tungsten [common-gender] (Swedish)

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