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SCHEELITE
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A mineral used as an ore of tungsten
Classified under:
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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