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Mineral Monday: Wolframite

Watch this week's episode of Mineral Monday featuring the Keck Museum's wolframite specimens.

Oct. 7, 2019
Jennifer Theresa Kent

Mineral Monday: Wolframite

Watch this week's episode of Mineral Monday featuring the Keck Museum's wolframite specimens.

Oct. 7, 2019
Jennifer Theresa Kent

Happy Mineral Monday! This week, learn about the mineral wolframite. Often found in quartz veins, the wolframite blades extend into the rock, forming a text-book example of vein moving through rock. Watch to see for yourself.

Oct. 7, 2019
Jennifer Theresa Kent

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