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■ 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 + -ite 1 .
[ 'ʃi:lʌɪt ]
■ 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 + -ite 1 .
Concise Oxford English vocab. Сжатый оксфордский словарь английского языка. 2004