Found 2 items, similar to Wolframite.
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Definition: wolframite
wolframite
n : a mineral consisting of iron-manganese tungstate in
crystalline form; the principal ore of tungsten; found in
quartz veins associated with granitic rocks [syn:
iron manganese tungsten
]
English → English (gcide)
Definition: Wolframite
Wolframite
\Wol"fram*ite\, n. [G., wolframit, wolfram; wolf wolf
+ rahm cream, soot; cf. G. wolfsruss wolfram, lit., wolf's
soot.] (Min.)
Tungstate of iron and manganese, generally of a brownish or
grayish black color, submetallic luster, and high specific
gravity. It occurs in cleavable masses, and also
crystallized. Called also
wolfram.
[1913 Webster]