English Explanatory Dictionary

wulfenite

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. An orange mineral, lead molybdate, PbMoO₄, found in lead veins.

Word forms

wulfenite wulfenites

Etymology

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

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