Scheelite

Scheelite is the mineral form of calcium tungstate, . It is one of two main ores of tungsten. The other is wolframite (ferberite and hübnerite).

Scheelite was historically called "tungsten". Carl Wilhelm Scheele discovered a new mineral acid could be made from this mineral, and named it "tungstic acid". Scheele believed this acid contained a new chemical element, but could not make it.Scheele, Carl Wilhelm (1781) "Tungstens bestånds-delar" (Tungsten's [i.e., Scheelite's] constituents), Kungliga Vetenskaps Academiens Nya Handlingar (Royal Scientific Academy's New Proceedings), 2: 89–95. (in Swedish) After the element was discovered and named "tungsten", the mineral was renamed after Scheele.

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Category:Sulfate minerals