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Named after German mineralogist Moritz Rudolph Ferber + -ite.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Today it means: A monoclinic-prismatic black mineral containing iron, oxygen, and tungsten. Full definition →
Named after German mineralogist Moritz Rudolph Ferber + -ite.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.