a very soft, yellowish, orthorhombic mineral, WOHO, usually found, as a powdery coating, with wolframite
also called tungstic ocher
tungstite
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tungstite
noun
A yellow or yellowish-green mineral, essentially WO3, often occurring with tungsten ores.
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Noun
(usually uncountable, plural tungstites)
- (mineralogy) An orthorhombic hydrous tungsten oxide mineral formed by the weathering of other tungsten-containing minerals.
Origin
See also: tungstatetungsten +"Ž -ite
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