Wolframite
At a glance
- Type
- Mineral
- Group
- Oxide
- Crystal system
- Monoclinic
- Hardness
- Medium (3 to 5.5)
- Density
- Very heavy (over 5)
- Occurs in
- Igneous rocks, Ore veins
- Foliation
- Not layered
- Colour
- Black, Brown
- Lustre
- Metallic, Resinous
- Use
- Ore
- Difficulty in WildGuessr
- Hard
Did you know?
- Wolframite is a main ore of tungsten, the metal with the highest melting point, about 3,400 degrees Celsius.
- Medieval tin miners cursed it as wolf's froth, because it swallowed tin during smelting.
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Classification, names and conservation status come from Wikidata (CC0), the photo from Wikimedia Commons. Wikidata Q541128 · All stones · All entries