Wolframite
noun
1.
a mineral, iron manganese tungstate, (Fe,Mn)WO 4 , occurring in heavy grayish-black to brownish-black tabular or bladed crystals: an important ore of tungsten.
noun
1.
a black to reddish-brown mineral consisting of tungstates of iron and manganese in monoclinic crystalline form: it occurs mainly in quartz veins and is the chief ore of tungsten. Formula: (Fe,Mn)WO4
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