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WOLFRAMITE [3 records]

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Record 1 2016-02-29

English

Subject field(s)
  • Mineralogy
  • Metals Mining
Universal entry(ies)
(Fe,Mn)WO4
formula, see observation
DEF

A brownish- or grayish-black mineral occurring in short monoclinic, prismatic, bladed crystals.

OBS

Wolframite is the main tungsten mineral.

OBS

Chemical formula: (Fe,Mn)WO4

French

Domaine(s)
  • Minéralogie
  • Mines métalliques
Entrée(s) universelle(s)
(Fe,Mn)WO4
formula, see observation
DEF

Minéral (tungstate) du système cristallin monoclinique, se présentant en prismes aplatis, souvent maclés, avec un clivage parfait.

CONT

La wolframite se présente souvent en masses lamellaires, à éclat submétallique, noirâtre. On la trouve dans des filons, au sein de granites et de leurs auréoles métamorphiques.

OBS

La wolframite est le principal minérai de tungstène [...]

OBS

Formule chimique : (Fe,Mn)WO4

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Mineralogía
  • Minas metálicas
Entrada(s) universal(es)
(Fe,Mn)WO4
formula, see observation
DEF

Volframato de hierro y manganeso [...] que cristaliza en el sistema clinorrómbico [y que] se encuentra en forma de cristales prismáticos, de brillo metálico y de color pardo o negro.

OBS

Fórmula química: (Fe,Mn)WO4

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Record 2 2012-04-25

English

Subject field(s)
  • Mineralogy
DEF

A series between two minerals: huebnerite and ferberite.

CONT

The stability relations of the wolframite series. ... Minerals of the wolframite group form a complete solid solution series between the two end-members, ferberite, FeWO4, and huebnerite, MnWO4.

OBS

Wolframite is the name of the series and the name applied to indistinguishable specimens and specimens intermediate between the two end members [huebnerite and ferberite].

French

Domaine(s)
  • Minéralogie
CONT

La ferbérite forme une série avec l'hübnérite. C'est le terme ferreux de la série de la wolframite, le terme manganésifère étant l'hübnérite.

OBS

[La série de la wolframite est] isomorphe avec tous les termes intermédiaires entre la ferbérite [...] et l'hübnérite [...] termes extrêmes ne se rencontrant que rarement à l'état pur.

Spanish

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Record 3 2004-09-03

English

Subject field(s)
  • Mineralogy
  • Geochemistry

French

Domaine(s)
  • Minéralogie
  • Géochimie

Spanish

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