wolframite : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: wolframite	by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
wolframite n a mineral consisting of iron and manganese tungstate in crystalline form; the principal ore of tungsten; found in quartz veins associated with granitic rocks Synonym(s): wolframite, iron manganese tungsten
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}.