WOLFRAMITE

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

A mineral consisting of iron and manganese tungstate in crystalline form; the principal ore of tungsten; found in quartz veins associated with granitic rocks

Synonyms:

iron manganese tungsten; wolframite

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Nouns denoting substances

Hypernyms ("wolframite" is a kind of...):

mineral (solid homogeneous inorganic substances occurring in nature having a definite chemical composition)

Meronyms (substance of "wolframite"):

atomic number 74; tungsten; W; wolfram (a heavy grey-white metallic element; the pure form is used mainly in electrical applications; it is found in several ores including wolframite and scheelite)

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