Scheelite : CSIRO Spectroscopy Database

Scheelite [ CaWO₄ ]

Images of Scheelite

Luminescence of scheelite (blue) on muscovite under UV shortwave illumination, from Yaogangxian Mine, Yaogangxian W-Sn ore field, Yizhang Co., Chenzhou Prefecture, Hunan Province, China

Photo by Géry PARENT (via Wikimedia Commons), Public Domain

Scheelite specimen from Camp Bird Mine, Ouray Co., CO, USA

Photo by Ken Larsen, via Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History

Shortwave photoluminescence image of a specimen of scheelite from Sichuan Province, China. Size: 7cm

CL spectrum of Scheelite

Image of a specimen of scheelite from Sichuan Province, China. Size: 7cm

CL/SEM spectrum of Scheelite

Material properties

Formula	CaWO₄
Abbreviation	Sch
Variant	synthetic
Classifications	Scheelite (group), Minerals containing W[VI]O4, Calcium tungstate
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
Search other databases	webmineral.com, mindat.org, rruf.info, mineralienatlas.de, Handbook of Mineralogy, American Mineralogist Crystal Structure Database
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

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Spectra

Images

CSIRO R-2018-01 Mnz

Leverenz 1968

CSIRO CL spectra 2016

Pejcic et al. 2022 (EP2022-5804)

Randall 1939

Tarashchan 1978

Torpy et al. 2020, luminescence

Torpy et al. 2020, luminescence, other

Specimens of Scheelite

Name	Owner	Materials	Phase purity	Image	Spectra	Techniques
M0993 Scheelite	CSIRO	Scheelite (99.1%)	99.1	M0993 Scheelite Image of Scheelite [ CaWO4 ] in specimen 'M0993 Scheelite' [CSIRO]. (C) 2026 CSIRO Mineral Resources. All rights reserved.	0	—
M1064 Scheelite	CSIRO	Actinolite, Scheelite (98.3%)	98.3	M1064 Scheelite Image of Scheelite and Actinolite in specimen 'M1064 Scheelite' [CSIRO], from Queensland, Australia. (C) 2026 CSIRO Mineral Resources. All rights reserved.	2	Reflectance
MES181 Scheelite	CSIRO	Actinolite, Scheelite (98.1%)	98.1	MES181 Scheelite Image of Scheelite and Actinolite in specimen 'MES181 Scheelite' [CSIRO], from Bispbergs Klack, Säter Municipality, Dalarna, Sweden. (C) 2026 CSIRO Mineral Resources. All rights reserved.	1	Reflectance
M2385 Scheelite	CSIRO	Quartz, Scheelite (98.0%)	98.0	M2385 Scheelite Image of Scheelite and Quartz in specimen 'M2385 Scheelite' [CSIRO]. (C) 2026 CSIRO Mineral Resources. All rights reserved.	0	—
M0175 Scheelite	CSIRO	Quartz, Scheelite (94.6%)	94.6	M0175 Scheelite Image of Scheelite and Quartz in specimen 'M0175 Scheelite' [CSIRO]. (C) 2025 CSIRO Mineral Resources. All rights reserved.	0	—
M2386 Scheelite	CSIRO	Quartz, Scheelite (94.4%)	94.4	M2386 Scheelite Image of Scheelite and Quartz in specimen 'M2386 Scheelite' [CSIRO]. (C) 2026 CSIRO Mineral Resources. All rights reserved.	0	—
M1233 Scheelite	CSIRO	Quartz, Scheelite (89.5%)	89.5	M1233 Scheelite Image of Scheelite and Quartz in specimen 'M1233 Scheelite' [CSIRO]. (C) 2026 CSIRO Mineral Resources. All rights reserved.	0	—
M0188 Scheelite	CSIRO	Ankerite, Dolomite, Quartz, Scheelite (60.9%), Stibnite	60.9	M0188 Scheelite Image of Scheelite, Ankerite, Dolomite, Quartz and Stibnite in specimen 'M0188 Scheelite' [CSIRO]. (C) 2025 CSIRO Mineral Resources. All rights reserved.	0	—
M1063 Scheelite	CSIRO	Actinolite, Albite, Ca, Scheelite (60.1%)	60.1	M1063 Scheelite Image of Scheelite, Actinolite and Albite (var. Ca) in specimen 'M1063 Scheelite' [CSIRO]. (C) 2026 CSIRO Mineral Resources. All rights reserved.	0	—
M2324 Scheelite	CSIRO	Fluorapatite, Quartz, Scheelite (59.5%)	59.5	M2324 Scheelite Image of Scheelite with Fluorapatite and Quartz in specimen 'M2324 Scheelite' [CSIRO]. (C) 2026 CSIRO Mineral Resources. All rights reserved.	0	—
M0180 Scheelite	CSIRO	Quartz, Scheelite (47.8%)	47.8	M0180 Scheelite Image of Quartz and Scheelite in specimen 'M0180 Scheelite' [CSIRO]. (C) 2025 CSIRO Mineral Resources. All rights reserved.	0	—
M1863 Scheelite	CSIRO	Calcite, Quartz, Scheelite (46.0%)	46.0	M1863 Scheelite Image of Scheelite with Calcite and Quartz in specimen 'M1863 Scheelite' [CSIRO]. (C) 2026 CSIRO Mineral Resources. All rights reserved.	0	—
M1891 Scheelite	CSIRO	Calcite, Quartz, Scheelite (36.4%)	36.4	M1891 Scheelite Image of Scheelite with Quartz and Calcite in specimen 'M1891 Scheelite' [CSIRO], from King Island, Tasmania, Australia (C) 2026 CSIRO Mineral Resources. All rights reserved.	0	—
M0185 Scheelite	CSIRO	Ankerite, Magnesio-hornblende, Fe2+, Molybdenite-2H, Quartz, Scheelite (31.6%)	31.6	M0185 Scheelite Image of Quartz, Ankerite, Magnesio-hornblende (var. Fe2+), Molybdenite-2H and Scheelite in specimen 'M0185 Scheelite' [CSIRO]. (C) 2025 CSIRO Mineral Resources. All rights reserved.	0	—
M1641 Scheelite in Quartz	CSIRO	Fluorapatite, Quartz, Scheelite (13.5%)	13.5	M1641 Scheelite in Quartz Image of Scheelite on Quartz in specimen 'M1641 Scheelite' [CSIRO]. (C) 2026 CSIRO Mineral Resources. All rights reserved.	0	—
M2096 Scheelite	CSIRO	Ankerite, Arsenopyrite, Fluorapatite, Muscovite-2M1, Pyrite, Quartz, Scheelite (7.5%)	7.5	M2096 Scheelite Image of specimen 'M2096 Scheelite' [CSIRO]. (C) 2026 CSIRO Mineral Resources. All rights reserved.	0	—
M1077 Wolframite	CSIRO	Ferberite, Quartz, Scheelite (3.4%)	3.4	M1077 Wolframite Image of specimen 'M1077 Wolframite' [CSIRO]. (C) 2026 CSIRO Mineral Resources. All rights reserved.	0	—
CaWO4 Hyper2-22	CSIRO	Calcium tungstate, Scheelite	—	CaWO4 Hyper2-22 BSE image of Calcium tungstate [CaWO4] in 'CaWO4 Hyper2-22' standard (CSIRO). Instrument: JEOL JSM-IT800. (C) 2024 CSIRO Mineral Resources. All Rights reserved.	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	—	Scheelite (#1, Sichuan, China) Image of a specimen of scheelite from Sichuan Province, China. Size: 7cm Photo (C) 2003 James O. Hamblen (http://hamblen.ece.gatech.edu/uvminerals/). Reproduced with permission.	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	—	Tista 2020 D4 Zircon conc Image of a specimen of Zircon from Tista River, Bangladesh (C) 2020 CSIRO Mineral Resources	27	CL, EDS

Scheelite [ CaWO4 ]