Scheelite [ CaWO4 ]

Material properties

Formula CaWO4
Abbreviation Sch
Variant synthetic
Classifications Calcium tungstate, Scheelite (group), Minerals containing W[VI]O4
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

Specimens of Scheelite

Name Owner Materials Phase purity Image Spectra Techniques
M0993 Scheelite CSIRO Scheelite (99.1%) 99.1 0
M1064 Scheelite CSIRO Actinolite, Scheelite (98.3%) 98.3 2 Reflectance
MES181 Scheelite CSIRO Actinolite, Scheelite (98.1%) 98.1 1 Reflectance
M2385 Scheelite CSIRO Quartz, Scheelite (98.0%) 98.0 0
M0175 Scheelite CSIRO Quartz, Scheelite (94.6%) 94.6 0
M2386 Scheelite CSIRO Quartz, Scheelite (94.4%) 94.4 0
M1233 Scheelite / Quartz CSIRO Quartz, Scheelite (89.5%) 89.5 0
M0188 Scheelite / Stibnite CSIRO Ankerite, Dolomite, Quartz, Scheelite (60.9%), Stibnite 60.9 0
M1063 Scheelite / Actinolite CSIRO Actinolite, Albite, Ca, Scheelite (60.1%) 60.1 0
M2324 Scheelite / Quartz CSIRO Fluorapatite, Quartz, Scheelite (59.5%) 59.5 0
M0180 Quartz / Scheelite CSIRO Quartz, Scheelite (47.8%) 47.8 0
M1863 Scheelite / Calcite / Quartz CSIRO Calcite, Quartz, Scheelite (46.0%) 46.0 0
M1891 Quartz / Scheelite / Calcite CSIRO Calcite, Quartz, Scheelite (36.4%) 36.4 0
M0185 Quartz / Scheelite / Magnesio-hornblende CSIRO Ankerite, Magnesio-hornblende, Fe2+, Molybdenite-2H, Quartz, Scheelite (31.6%) 31.6 0
M1641 Quartz / Scheelite CSIRO Fluorapatite, Quartz, Scheelite (13.5%) 13.5 0
M2096 Quartz / Ankerite CSIRO Ankerite, Arsenopyrite, Fluorapatite, Muscovite-2M1, Pyrite, Quartz, Scheelite (7.5%) 7.5 0
M1077 Ferberite / Quartz CSIRO Ferberite, Quartz, Scheelite (3.4%) 3.4 0
CaWO4 Hyper2-22 CSIRO Calcium tungstate, Scheelite 1 SXES
S-18-001 Monazite CSIRO Calcium carbonate, Cassiterite, Crandallite, REE, Fluorapatite, Monazite-(Ce), Quartz, Scheelite, Thorite, Wolframite, Xenotime-(Y), Zircon 3 CL
Scheelite (#1, Sichuan, China) Hamblen, Prof James O., Georgia Tech Scheelite 0
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