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Wulfenite

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    An orange mineral, lead molybdate, PbMoO₄, found in lead veins. countable, uncountable
  2. 2
    a yellow to orange or brown mineral used as a molybdenum ore wordnet

Etymology

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

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