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Wolframite
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun Wolframite has 1 sense
- wolframite(n = noun.substance) iron manganese tungsten - a mineral consisting of iron and manganese tungstate in crystalline form; the principal ore of tungsten; found in quartz veins associated with granitic rocks; Array is a kind of mineral
CIDE DICTIONARY
Wolframite, n. [G., wolframit, wolfram; wolf wolf + rahm cream, soot; cf. G. wolfsruss wolfram, lit., wolf's soot.].
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]
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