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SCHEELITE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does scheelite mean?
• SCHEELITE (noun)
The noun SCHEELITE has 1 sense:
1. a mineral used as an ore of tungsten
Familiarity information: SCHEELITE used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A mineral used as an ore of tungsten
Classified under:
Nouns denoting substances
Hypernyms ("scheelite" is a kind of...):
mineral (solid homogeneous inorganic substances occurring in nature having a definite chemical composition)
Meronyms (substance of "scheelite"):
atomic number 74; tungsten; W; wolfram (a heavy grey-white metallic element; the pure form is used mainly in electrical applications; it is found in several ores including wolframite and scheelite)
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