wolframite

See also: Wolframite

English

wolframite

Etymology

From German Wolframit, from Wolfram, tungsten.

Noun

wolframite (countable and uncountable, plural wolframites)

1. (mineralogy) A mineral that consists of a tungstate of iron and manganese; (Fe,Mn)WO₄; it is one of the principal ores for tungsten.

   Hypernyms: mineral; ore

   Coordinate term: scheelite

Derived terms

• manganowolframite

Translations

wolframite

• Finnish: wolframiitti
• French: wolframite (fr) m
• German: Wolframit (de) m
• Greek: βολφραμίτης m (volframítis)
• Hungarian: volframit (hu)
• Italian: wolframite f
• Portuguese: wolframita f
• Romanian: wolframit (ro) n
• Spanish: wolframita f
• Swedish: volframit (sv) c

Further reading

• David Barthelmy (1997–2024) “Wolframite”, in Webmineral Mineralogy Database.
• “wolframite”, in Mindat.org‎^[1], Hudson Institute of Mineralogy, 2000–2024.

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /vɔl.fʁa.mit/, /wɔl.fʁa.mit/

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Noun

wolframite f (plural wolframites)

1. (mineralogy) wolframite

Further reading

• “wolframite”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Italian

Noun

wolframite f (plural wolframiti)

1. (mineralogy) wolframite