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wolframite |
2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: 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}. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: 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}]
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