The Probert Encyclopaedia of Rocks & Minerals

SCHEELITE

Scheelite is a mineral occurring in hydrothermal veins and in placer deposits, in contact metamorphic rocks and in pegmatite. It an important ore of tungsten.
Scheelite was confirmed as a distinct species of mineral in 1821 and named in honour of the Swedish chemist Carl Scheele. Scheelite is associated with cassiterite, topaz, fluorite, apatite, molybdenite, and wolframite. Sometimes
scheelite is found with gold. It has the formulae CaWO4 and a relative hardness of 5.
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