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Definition of Tungstite
1. n. The oxide of tungsten, a yellow mineral occurring in a pulverulent form. It is often associated with wolfram.
Definition of Tungstite
1. Noun. (minerology) An orthorhombic hydrous tungsten oxide mineral formed by the weathering of other tungsten-containing minerals. ¹
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Definition of Tungstite
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Medical Definition of Tungstite
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Literary usage of Tungstite
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Bulletin by Geological Survey (U.S.) (1917)
"tungstite is a bright-yellow mineral which is formed by the decomposition of ...
Some scheelite is made yellow, from tungstite that has formed along small ..."
2. Synopsis of the North American Syrphidae by Samuel Wendell Williston (1886)
"See Scheelite. Tungsten. See Scheelite. , Tungsten ochre. See tungstite. ...
See tungstite. Tungstic acid and lime. See Scheelite. ..."
3. Second Appendix to the Sixth Edition of Dana's System of Mineralogy by Edward Salisbury Dana, James Dwight Dana, William Ebenezer Ford (1909)
"tungstite, Min., p. 202. — Tungstic ocher from a gold ... BC, apparently identical
with Silliman's tungstite, gave an analysis leading to formula, WO2.H2O. ..."
4. Bulletin by Mysore Geologists' Association (1918)
"In the weathered ore drusy surfaces occur that are coated with yellowish material
that has often been mistaken for tungstite but which in the specimens ..."
5. Chemical Abstracts by American Chemical Society (1908)
"Sample is considered as made up '. tungstite, 86.29; wolframite, 5.09; scheelite,
2.78; limonite, 5.83. ..."
6. The System of Mineralogy of James Dwight Dana, 1837-1868: Descriptive Mineralogy by James Dwight Dana, Edward Salisbury Dana (1920)
"Tungstic ocher from a gold quartz vein near Salmo, В. С., appar- ently identical
with Silliman's tungstite, gave an analysis leading to formula ..."
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