wulfenite
English
editEtymology
editFrom Wulfen + -ite, for Austrian mineralogist Franz Xavier von Wulfen (1728-1805), named in 1841.[1]
Noun
editwulfenite (countable and uncountable, plural wulfenites)
- (mineralogy) An orange mineral, lead molybdate, PbMoO4, found in lead veins.
Translations
edita mineral, lead molybdate
Further reading
edit- David Barthelmy (1997–2024) “Wulfenite”, in Webmineral Mineralogy Database.
- “wulfenite”, in Mindat.org[1], Hudson Institute of Mineralogy, 2000–2024.
- ^ Richard V. Gaines, H. Catherine W. Skinner, Eugene E. Foord, Brian Mason, and Abraham Rosenzweig: Dana's new mineralogy, John Wiley & Sons, 1997
Italian
editNoun
editwulfenite f (plural wulfeniti)