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WULFENITE [3 records]

Record 1 2013-07-30

English

Subject field(s)
  • Mineralogy
DEF

A mineral consisting of a tungstic wulfenite.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Minéralogie
DEF

Variété de wulfenite contenant du tungstène, de couleur jaune.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Mineralogía
DEF

Molibdotungstato de plomo [...] que cristaliza en el sistema tetragonal.

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Record 2 2013-05-28

English

Subject field(s)
  • Mineralogy
DEF

A mineral... consisting of a native lead tungstate isomorphous with wulfenite and probably with scheelite and powellite.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Minéralogie
DEF

Minéral (oxyde) du système cristallin quadratique, du groupe de la scheelite, se présentant en cristaux prismatiques ou sous forme tabulaire.

OBS

C'est un minéral secondaire des zones d'oxydation des minerais de tungstène.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Mineralogía
DEF

Tungstato de plomo PbWO4, que cristaliza en el sistema cuadrático; es un mineral pardusco, de brillo graso, que contiene hasta 45 por ciento de plomo.

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Record 3 2012-01-30

English

Subject field(s)
  • Mineralogy
DEF

A pale sulfur-yellow to orange and red mineral which consists of a mixture of mimetite and wulfenite.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Minéralogie
DEF

Mélange naturel de mimétite et de wulfénite.

Spanish

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