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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
scheelite /ˈʃiːlʌɪt/

▶noun a fluorescent mineral, white when pure, which consists of calcium tungstate and is an important ore of tungsten.

– origin C19: from the name of the 18th-cent. Swedish chemist Karl W. Scheele + -ite1.

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