WULFENITE


Meaning of WULFENITE in English

/wool"feuh nuyt'/ , n.

a lead molybdate mineral, PbMoO 4 , occurring usually in tabular crystals, and varying in color from grayish to bright-yellow or red; yellow lead ore.

[ 1840-50; named after F. X. von Wulfen (1728-1805), Austrian scientist; see -ITE 1 ]

Random House Webster's Unabridged English dictionary.      Полный английский словарь Вебстер - Random House .