Occurence and History of Tungsten Scheelite

Scheelite often occurs in tin-bearing veins and is always found in association with gold. Fine crystals have been obtained from Caldbeck Fells in Cumbria, Zinnwald/Cínovec and Elbogen in Bohemia, Guttannen in Switzerland elsewhere. At Trumbull in Connecticut and Kimpu-san in Japan large crystals of scheelite completely altered to wolframite have been found: people from Japan have been called “reinite.”

Scheelite was first described in 1781 for an occurrence in Mount Bispbergs klack, Dalarna, Sweden, and named for Carl Wilhelm Scheele. Because of its unusual heaviness, it had been given the name tungsten by the Swedes, meaning “heavy stone.” The name was later used to describe the metal, while the ore itself was given the name scheelite.


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