Scheelite [ CaWO4 ]

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
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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