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Wolframite
Wol′fram-ite
,Noun.
[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
.