Wolframite, the Glossary
Wolframite is an iron, manganese, and tungstate mineral with a chemical formula of that is the intermediate mineral between ferberite (rich) and hübnerite (rich).[1]
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60 relations: Angstrom, Armour-piercing ammunition, Arsenopyrite, Australia, Bismuth, Bohemia, Bolivia, Canada, Cassiterite, Catalysis, Chemical element, Conflict minerals law, Cornwall, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Devon, Europe, Ferberite, Friction, Galena, Georgius Agricola, Granite, Greisen, Hübnerite, Hermann–Mauguin notation, Incandescent light bulb, Intrusive rock, Iron, Johan Gottschalk Wallerius, List of minerals, Manganese, Mineral, Monoclinic crystal system, Oxide mineral, Pegmatite, Portugal, Pyrite, Quartz, Russia, Rwanda, Saxony, Scheelite, Second Congo War, Skarn, South Korea, Spain, Sphalerite, Sulfide, Thailand, The Economist, Tin, ... Expand index (10 more) »
- Minerals in space group 13
- Tungstate minerals
- Tungsten minerals
Angstrom
The angstrom is a unit of length equal to m; that is, one ten-billionth of a metre, a hundred-millionth of a centimetre, 0.1 nanometre, or 100 picometres.
Armour-piercing ammunition
Armour-piercing ammunition (AP) is a type of projectile designed to penetrate armour protection, most often including naval armour, body armour, and vehicle armour.
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Arsenopyrite
Arsenopyrite (IMA symbol: Apy) is an iron arsenic sulfide (FeAsS). Wolframite and Arsenopyrite are monoclinic minerals.
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Australia
Australia, officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands.
Bismuth
Bismuth is a chemical element; it has symbol Bi and atomic number 83.
Bohemia
Bohemia (Čechy; Böhmen; Čěska; Czechy) is the westernmost and largest historical region of the Czech Republic.
Bolivia
Bolivia, officially the Plurinational State of Bolivia, is a landlocked country located in western-central South America.
Canada
Canada is a country in North America.
Cassiterite
Cassiterite is a tin oxide mineral, SnO2.
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Catalysis
Catalysis is the increase in rate of a chemical reaction due to an added substance known as a catalyst.
Chemical element
A chemical element is a chemical substance that cannot be broken down into other substances by chemical reactions.
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Conflict minerals law
The eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) has a history of conflict, where various armies, rebel groups, and outside actors have profited from mining while contributing to violence and exploitation during wars in the region.
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Cornwall
Cornwall (Kernow;; or) is a ceremonial county in South West England.
Democratic Republic of the Congo
The Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), also known as the DR Congo, Congo-Kinshasa, Congo-Zaire, or simply either Congo or the Congo, is a country in Central Africa.
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Devon
Devon (historically also known as Devonshire) is a ceremonial county in South West England.
Europe
Europe is a continent located entirely in the Northern Hemisphere and mostly in the Eastern Hemisphere.
Ferberite
Ferberite is the iron endmember of the manganese–iron wolframite solid solution series. Wolframite and Ferberite are minerals in space group 13, monoclinic minerals, tungstate minerals and tungsten minerals.
Friction
Friction is the force resisting the relative motion of solid surfaces, fluid layers, and material elements sliding against each other.
Galena
Galena, also called lead glance, is the natural mineral form of lead(II) sulfide (PbS).
Georgius Agricola
Georgius Agricola (born Georg Bauer; 24 March 1494 – 21 November 1555) was a German Humanist scholar, mineralogist and metallurgist.
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Granite
Granite is a coarse-grained (phaneritic) intrusive igneous rock composed mostly of quartz, alkali feldspar, and plagioclase.
Greisen
Greisen is a highly altered granitic rock or pegmatite, usually composed predominantly of quartz and micas (mostly muscovite).
Hübnerite
Hübnerite or hubnerite is a mineral consisting of manganese tungsten oxide (chemical formula MnWO4). Wolframite and Hübnerite are Manganese(II) minerals, monoclinic minerals, tungstate minerals and tungsten minerals.
Hermann–Mauguin notation
In geometry, Hermann–Mauguin notation is used to represent the symmetry elements in point groups, plane groups and space groups.
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Incandescent light bulb
An incandescent light bulb, incandescent lamp or incandescent light globe is an electric light with a filament that is heated until it glows.
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Intrusive rock
Intrusive rock is formed when magma penetrates existing rock, crystallizes, and solidifies underground to form intrusions, such as batholiths, dikes, sills, laccoliths, and volcanic necks.
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Iron
Iron is a chemical element.
Johan Gottschalk Wallerius
Johan Gottschalk Wallerius (11 July 1709 – 16 November 1785) was a Swedish chemist and mineralogist.
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List of minerals
This is a list of minerals which have Wikipedia articles.
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Manganese
Manganese is a chemical element; it has symbol Mn and atomic number 25.
Mineral
In geology and mineralogy, a mineral or mineral species is, broadly speaking, a solid substance with a fairly well-defined chemical composition and a specific crystal structure that occurs naturally in pure form.
Monoclinic crystal system
In crystallography, the monoclinic crystal system is one of the seven crystal systems.
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Oxide mineral
The oxide mineral class includes those minerals in which the oxide anion (O2−) is bonded to one or more metal alloys.
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Pegmatite
A pegmatite is an igneous rock showing a very coarse texture, with large interlocking crystals usually greater in size than and sometimes greater than.
Portugal
Portugal, officially the Portuguese Republic, is a country located on the Iberian Peninsula in Southwestern Europe, whose territory also includes the Macaronesian archipelagos of the Azores and Madeira.
Pyrite
The mineral pyrite, or iron pyrite, also known as fool's gold, is an iron sulfide with the chemical formula FeS2 (iron (II) disulfide).
Quartz
Quartz is a hard, crystalline mineral composed of silica (silicon dioxide).
Russia
Russia, or the Russian Federation, is a country spanning Eastern Europe and North Asia.
Rwanda
Rwanda, officially the Republic of Rwanda, is a landlocked country in the Great Rift Valley of Central Africa, where the African Great Lakes region and Southeast Africa converge. Located a few degrees south of the Equator, Rwanda is bordered by Uganda, Tanzania, Burundi, and the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
Saxony
Saxony, officially the Free State of Saxony, is a landlocked state of Germany, bordering the states of Brandenburg, Saxony-Anhalt, Thuringia, Bavaria, as well as the countries of Poland and the Czech Republic.
Scheelite
Scheelite is a calcium tungstate mineral with the chemical formula CaWO4. Wolframite and Scheelite are tungstate minerals and tungsten minerals.
Second Congo War
The Second Congo War, also known as Africa's World War, the Great War of Africa, or the Great African War, began in the Democratic Republic of the Congo on 2 August 1998, little more than a year after the First Congo War, and involved some of the same issues.
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Skarn
Skarns or tactites are coarse-grained metamorphic rocks that form by replacement of carbonate-bearing rocks during regional or contact metamorphism and metasomatism.
South Korea
South Korea, officially the Republic of Korea (ROK), is a country in East Asia.
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Spain
Spain, formally the Kingdom of Spain, is a country located in Southwestern Europe, with parts of its territory in the Atlantic Ocean, the Mediterranean Sea and Africa.
Sphalerite
Sphalerite is a sulfide mineral with the chemical formula.
Sulfide
Sulfide (also sulphide in British English) is an inorganic anion of sulfur with the chemical formula S2− or a compound containing one or more S2− ions.
Thailand
Thailand, officially the Kingdom of Thailand and historically known as Siam (the official name until 1939), is a country in Southeast Asia on the Indochinese Peninsula.
The Economist
The Economist is a British weekly newspaper published in printed magazine format and digitally.
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Tin
Tin is a chemical element; it has symbol Sn and atomic number 50.
Tungstate
In chemistry, a tungstate is a compound that contains an oxyanion of tungsten or is a mixed oxide containing tungsten.
Tungsten
Tungsten (also called wolfram) is a chemical element; it has symbol W and atomic number 74. Wolframite and Tungsten are tungsten minerals.
Tungsten carbide
Tungsten carbide (chemical formula: WC) is a chemical compound (specifically, a carbide) containing equal parts of tungsten and carbon atoms.
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Tungsten disulfide
Tungsten disulfide is an inorganic chemical compound composed of tungsten and sulfur with the chemical formula WS2.
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Tungstic acid
Tungstic acid refers to hydrated forms of tungsten trioxide, WO3.
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United Kingdom
The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom (UK) or Britain, is a country in Northwestern Europe, off the coast of the continental mainland.
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United States
The United States of America (USA or U.S.A.), commonly known as the United States (US or U.S.) or America, is a country primarily located in North America.
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Vein (geology)
In geology, a vein is a distinct sheetlike body of crystallized minerals within a rock.
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Wolfram Crisis
The Wolfram Crisis (Spanish: Crisis del wolframio) was a diplomatic conflict during World War II between Francoist Spain and the Allied powers, which sought to block Spanish exports of tungsten ore to Nazi Germany.
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World War II
World War II or the Second World War (1 September 1939 – 2 September 1945) was a global conflict between two alliances: the Allies and the Axis powers.
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See also
Minerals in space group 13
- Alacránite
- Alamosite
- Balangeroite
- Elkinstantonite
- Ferberite
- Hydroboracite
- Omphacite
- Petalite
- Rosickýite
- Scorzalite
- Seidozerite
- Sylvanite
- Tyrolite
- Whiteite
- Wolframite
- Xonotlite
Tungstate minerals
- Ferberite
- Hübnerite
- Hatches Creek wolfram field
- Ophirite
- Pinalite
- Raspite
- Russellite (mineral)
- Scheelite
- Stolzite
- Wolframite
Tungsten minerals
- Alcantarillaite
- Anthoinite
- Billwiseite
- Ferberite
- Hübnerite
- Hydrokenoelsmoreite
- Johnsenite-(Ce)
- Khomyakovite
- Manganokhomyakovite
- Qusongite
- Raspite
- Russellite (mineral)
- Scheelite
- Stolzite
- Tungsten
- Tungstite
- Wolframite
References
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wolframite
Also known as Peanut ore.
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