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wulfenite

wulfenite noun: an orange mineral, lead molybdate, PbMoO₄, found in lead veins.

wulfenite: an orange mineral, lead molybdate, PbMoO₄, found in lead veins
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Noun

wulfenite (countable and uncountable, plural wulfenites)

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

Forms of wulfenite

pluralwulfenites

Origin of wulfenite

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

Questions about wulfenite

What does wulfenite mean?
Wulfenite means an orange mineral, lead molybdate, PbMoO₄, found in lead veins.
What part of speech is wulfenite?
Wulfenite is a noun.
What is the plural of wulfenite?
The plural of wulfenite is wulfenites.

Words near wulfenite in the dictionary

  1. Wuku
  2. Wulai
  3. Wulamba
  4. wuld
  5. Wulfen's alyssum
  6. wulfenite
  7. wulfenites
  8. Wulff
  9. Wulff net
  10. Wulff nets
  11. Wulff-Dötz reaction

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