Scheelite [ CaWO4 ]

Images of Scheelite

Material properties

Formula CaWO4
Abbreviation Sch
Variant synthetic
Classifications Minerals containing W[VI]O4, Calcium tungstate, Scheelite (group)
Member Molybdoscheelite
Luminescence emitters Cr, Dy, Er, Eu, Gd, Ho, MoO4, Nd, Pr, Sm, Tb, Tm, WO4, Yb
Spectra Luminescence (3), SXES (1) Reflectance (3)
IMA Status Grandfathered (pre-IMA), 1821
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Crystal symmetry Tetragonal, Point group 4/m, Space group I41/a (#88)
Tags Mineral, Tungstate, Synthetic , Tungstate

Composition

Element Atoms
Ca 1
O 4
W 1
Total: 6

References for Scheelite

Reference
Lines Spectra Images
CSIRO SXES database 0 1 0
CSIRO R-2018-01 Mnz 0 1 1
Crabtree 1974 9 0 0
Gaft et al. 1998 2 0 0
Gaft et al. 2005 14 0 0
Gorobets et al. 1976 107 0 0
Griffith 1974 12 0 0
Hamblen 2003 0 0 2
Leverenz 1968 1 0 0
Mariano & Ring 1975 10 0 0
CSIRO CL spectra 2016 14 1 1
Pejcic et al. 2022 (EP2022-5804) 0 3 0
Randall 1939 1 0 0
Tarashchan 1978 28 0 0
Torpy et al. 2020, luminescence 0 1 0
Torpy et al. 2020, luminescence, other 0 1 0

Specimens of Scheelite

Name Owner Materials Image Spectra Techniques
CaWO4 Hyper2-22 CSIRO Calcium tungstate, Scheelite 1 SXES
M1064 Scheelite CSIRO Actinolite, Scheelite 2 Reflectance
MES181 Scheelite CSIRO Actinolite, Scheelite 1 Reflectance
S-18-001 Monazite CSIRO Calcium carbonate, Cassiterite, Crandallite, REE, Fluorapatite, Monazite-(Ce), Quartz, Scheelite, Thorite, Wolframite, Xenotime-(Y), Zircon 3 CL
Tista 2020 D4 Zircon conc CSIRO Albite, Apatite, Biotite, Florencite-(Ce), Ilmenite, K feldspar, Kyanite, Monazite-(Ce), Muscovite, Plagioclase, Quartz, Rutile, Scheelite, Titanite, Zircon, Zoisite 27 CL, EDS