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wolframite

wolf·ra·mite

uncommon

noun

1.

a mineral consisting of iron-manganese tungstate in crystalline form; the principal ore of tungsten; found in quartz veins associated with granitic rocks

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From German Wolframit, from Wolfram (“tungsten”). By surface analysis, wolfram + -ite.

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