SCHEELITE

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

A mineral used as an ore of tungsten

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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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