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Mineral Structure and Property Data

Scheelite Group

The Scheelite group is composed of the

The crystal structure of scheelite. 

                Scheelite   Powellite   Stolzite    Wulfenite
                CaWO4       CaMoO4       PbWO4       PbMoO4  


Form.Wt.        287.93      200.02      455.04      367.12
Z               4           4           4           4         
CrystalSystem   Tetr        Tetr        Tetr        Tetr        
PointGroup      4/m         4/m         4/m         4/m
SpaceGroup      I41/a       I41/a        I41/a       I41/a       

UnitCell
a(Å)            5.243       5.23        5.46        5.435
c(Å)            11.376      11.44       12.05       12.11
Vol(Å3)         312.72      301.07      359.23      357.72

MolarVol        47.087      45.333      54.091      53.864
Density         6.115       4.412       8.412       6.816


Elastic Properties
Ks(GPa)          76.5        81.0                   72.4 
G(Gpa)          37.4        39.9                    24.5
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