Well attestedNamed from the place
felbertalite
noun · first attested 2001
The mineral comes from the largest tungsten mine in western Europe, but it contains no tungsten at all.
A lead bismuth copper sulfosalt, Cu2Pb6Bi8S19.
47.1919°N 12.4750°E · Q1402207
Record
- Relationship
- Named from the place
- Confidence
- Well attestedThe place link is the standard scholarly account.
- Attested
- 2001
- Part of speech
- noun
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- Step 1
Felber valley
- In English
felbertalite
D. Topa, E. Makovicky, A. J. Criddle, W. H. Paar and T. Balic-Zunic described felbertalite in 2001 from the scheelite deposit in the Felbertal valley of Salzburg Province. Type material went to Copenhagen, Salzburg and the Natural History Museum in London. A second occurrence was reported the same year from the Funiushan copper skarn in China.
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