wulfenite

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English

Wulfenite

Etymology

From Wulfen +‎ -ite, for Austrian mineralogist Franz Xavier von Wulfen (1728-1805), named in 1841.[1]

Noun

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wulfenite (countable and uncountable, plural wulfenites)

  1. (mineralogy) An orange mineral, lead molybdate, PbMoO4, found in lead veins.

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Further reading

  • David Barthelmy (1997–2024) “Wulfenite”, in Webmineral Mineralogy Database.
  • wulfenite”, in Mindat.org, Hudson Institute of Mineralogy, 2000–2024.
  1. ^ Richard V. Gaines, H. Catherine W. Skinner, Eugene E. Foord, Brian Mason, and Abraham Rosenzweig: Dana's new mineralogy, John Wiley & Sons, 1997

Italian

Noun

wulfenite f (plural wulfeniti)

  1. (mineralogy) wulfenite