ferberiten.
Mineralogy.† 1. A proposed name (after J. J. Ferber) for a variety of gneiss. Obsolete.
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ferberite1811
hälleflinta1878
orthogneiss1902
paragneiss1902
1811 J. Pinkerton Petralogy I. 216 The other may be called Ferberite, an honour due to Ferber.
2. A variety of wolfram from Southern Spain (named by Liebe after R. Ferber 1863).
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the world > the earth > minerals > types of mineral > tungstates and molybdates > [noun] > wolframite group
wolfram1757
wolframine1854
hübnerite1867
ferberite1868
megabasite1868
wolframite1868
wolfram-ochre1868
manganowolframite1896
hydrotungstite1940
1868 J. D. Dana Syst. Mineral. (ed. 5) 604 Ferberite..on charcoal fuses easily to a magnetic globule.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1895; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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