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Ore mineral

Scheelite

The skarn tungsten mineral. Its bright blue fluorescence under UV light is a standard field prospecting tool.

Scheelite, mica, UVL 1 · Géry PARENT · Public domain · Wikimedia Commons

What it is

The skarn tungsten mineral. Its bright blue fluorescence under UV light is a standard field prospecting tool.

Materials that come from it

Material	Role	Grade note
Tungsten	Principal skarn ore	—

Tungsten

The metal with the highest melting point of them all — you can heat it to 3,400 C before it turns liquid.

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