Min. [f. TUNGSTEN + -ITE1.]
† 1. = TUNGSTEN 2. Obs.
1796. Kirwan, Elem. Min. (ed. 2), II. 303. Tungstenite…. This substance is capable of existing in three states. That of a Regulus, which I call Tungstenite. Ibid. Tungstenite…. Hitherto it has been produced only in very minute Globules, being more difficultly reducible to a Metallic State than Manganese or Uranite.
2. = TUNGSTEN 1.
1894. Muir & Morley, Watts’ Dict. Chem., IV. 797. Tungstenite, or scheelite (tungstate of Ca[lcium]) … occur in various localities.
