Scheelite Visible Spectra (400 - 1000 nm)
When scheelite, CaWO4, such
as the crystal
from the Green Horn Mountains, Kern County, California, has
the
nearly pure endmember composition, is is essentially colorless. Rare
earth elements, particularly Nd and to a lesser extent, Pr, often give
it color.
The scheelite absorption spectrum
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