wulfenite

See also: Wulfenite and wulfénite

English

Wulfenite

Etymology

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

Noun

wulfenite (countable and uncountable, plural wulfenites)

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

Translations

a mineral, lead molybdate

• Finnish: wulfeniitti
• French: wulfénite (fr) f
• German: Wulfenit (de) m
• Italian: wulfenite f
• Portuguese: wulfenita f
• Spanish: wulfenita f

Further reading

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

Italian

Noun

wulfenite f (plural wulfeniti)

1. (mineralogy) wulfenite