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wolframite
ck_admin
March 24, 2021
Its name comes from the german, “ wolfram” being the name of tungsten, which is its main component. The hubnerite variety is rich in manganese, of a rather red color, transparent and in slices, it was named after the german Adolph Huebner. The ferberite variety
whewellite
ck_admin
March 24, 2021
It honors the name of the English mineralogist William Whewell (1794-1866). It is a component of kidney stones. The fine twinned crystals result from the reaction of the urine of horses working in the mines with the host rock.
vesuvianite
ck_admin
March 24, 2021
Its name comes from the Vesuvius (Italy) where it was discovered, it is also called vesuvienne, idocrase, wiluite (form the Wilui River in Yakutia, Russia). The californite variety, discovered in 1963 by the famous mineralogist Kunz, is a massive, persistent and green variety of vesuvianite
