wulfenite
Plural: wulfenites
Noun
- a yellow to orange or brown mineral used as a molybdenum ore
- An orange mineral, lead molybdate, PbMoOâ‚„, found in lead veins.
Origin / Etymology
From Wulfen + -ite, for Austrian mineralogist Franz Xavier von Wulfen (1728-1805), named in 1841.
Scrabble Score: 15
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Words With Friends Score: 18
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