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[syn: wolframite, iron manganese tungsten]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
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]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
wolframite
n 1: a mineral consisting of iron and manganese tungstate in
crystalline form; the principal ore of tungsten; found in
quartz veins associated with granitic rocks [syn:
wolframite, iron manganese tungsten]