Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A tungstate of iron with a little manganese, found in cleavable masses in Sierra Almagrera in southern Spain.
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- noun mineralogy A monoclinic-prismatic black
mineral containingiron ,oxygen , andtungsten .
Etymologies
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Examples
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Tungsten ores contain tungsten principally in the form of the minerals scheelite (calcium tungstate), ferberite (iron tungstate), hübnerite
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