Specimen #907

Name: Scheelite

Type: Micromount

Locality: Unknown

Favorite? N

Fluorescent? N

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Acquired: 2008-11-07

Source: Ian Heales Collection

Label: N

Comment: Scheelite is an important ore of tungsten which is a strategically important metal. Scheelite is named for the discoverer of tungsten, K. W. Scheele. Although most of the world wide production of tungsten comes from the mineral wolframite, scheelite is especially abundant in the US and provides the United States with most of its supply.

Minerals: Scheelite (CaWO₄)

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Scheelite, Magnification: 7.5X, FOV: 18.0 x 12.0 mm (4 stacked images)