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Wolfram is another name for Tungsten, which has a melting point of around 3422 degrees Celsius (6192 farenheit). It is also the heaviest known biologically functional element.

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Wolframite (Fe,Mn)WO4, is an iron manganese tungstate mineral that is the intermediate between ferberite (Fe2+ rich) and huebernite (Mn2+ rich). Along with scheelite, the wolframite series are the most important tungsten ore minerals. Wolframite is found in quartz veins and pegmatites associated with granitic intrusives. Associated minerals include cassiterite, scheelite, bismuth, quartz, pyrite, galena, sphalerite, and arsenopyrite.

It was historically found in Bohemia, Saxony, and Cornwall. China reportedly has the world's largest supply of tungsten ore with about 60%. Other producers are Portugal, Russia, Australia, Thailand, South Korea, Rwanda, Bolivia, the United States, and the Democratic Republic of the Congo.

A selection of silly - but real - molecule names.

Arsole is the arsenic equivalent of pyrrole, and although it is rarely found in its pure form, it is occasionally seen as a sidegroup in the form of organic arsolyls.

Bastardane This is actually a close relative of adamantane, and its proper name is ethano-bridged noradamantane. However because it had the unusual ethano bridge, and was therefore a variation from the standard types of structure found in the field of hydrocarbon cage rearrangements, it came to be known as bastardane - the "unwanted child".

Megaphone A molecule with a name derived from being both a constituent of Aniba Megaphylla roots and a ketone.

Cummingtonite Its official name is magnesium iron silicate hydroxide, and it has the formula (Mg,Fe)7Si8O22(OH)2. It got its name from the locality where it was first found, Cummington, Massachusetts, USA.

Dickite Or Al2Si2O5(OH)4, a (kaolin) clay-like mineral which exhibits mica-like layers with silicate sheets of 6-membered rings bonded to aluminium oxide/hydroxide layers. Dickite is used in ceramics, as paint filler, rubber, plastics and glossy paper. It got its name from the geologist that discovered it around the 1890s, Dr. W. Thomas Dick, of Lanarkshire, Scotland.

Moronic Acid A triterpenoid organic acid that is found in Pistacia resin, and is therefore of interest to people studying archaeological relics, shipwrecks and the contents of ancient Egyptian jars.

Fukalite A mineral named after the Fuka mine in the Fuka region of southern Japan. It is very rare, and is a form of calcium silico-carbonate, with formula Ca4Si2O6(CO3)(OH,F)2.

Arabitol An organic alcohol that's one constituent of wine. It's also known as pentahydric alcohol.

Fucitol An alcohol, whose other names are L-fuc-ol or 1-deoxy-D-galactitol. Named so, because it is derived from the sugar fucose, which comes from a seaweed found in the North Atlantic called Bladderwrack whose latin name is Fucus vesiculosis.

Erotic Acid Its correct name is orotic acid, but it has been misspelt so often in the chemical literature that it is also known as erotic acid. Another name for it is vitamin B13. Apparently, if you add another carbon to it, it becomes homo-erotic acid.

Kinoshitalite A type of mica found in Japan and Sweden, and has the formula (Ba,K)(Mg,Mn)3Si2Al2O10(OH)2. It is green and vitreous, and is about as hard as fingernails, apparently. Its name comes from the Japanese for "under the tree" (ki = tree; no = possessive particle; shita = under).

Vomicine and Vomitoxin Vomicine is a poisonous molecule that gets its name from the nut Nux Vomica, which is the seed of a tree found on the coasts of the East Indies. Vomitoxin is a toxin that's produced by certain types of fungus that grow on wheat and barley. Its proper name is deoxynivalenol, but was given the trivial name vomitoxin because it caused vomiting in pigs that had eaten contaminated wheat.

Skatole The name comes from 'skatalogical', meaning concerning faecal material. Its proper name is 3-methylindole, but it gets its trivial name from the fact that it is a component of faeces. Surprisingly, it is also found in coal tar and beetroot.

Pubescine Also known as Reserpinine. It got its name since it was extracted from the plant Vinca pubescens.

Spamol also known as aminopromazine, lispamol or lorusil, and it's actually used as an anti-spasmodic therapeutic agent.

Clitoriacetal This gets its name from the root of the Clitoria macrophylla plant, and is a constituent of the Thai drug "Non-tai-yak" which is used to treat respiratory disorders, including pulmonary tuberculosis and bronchitis, and also works as an insecticide.

Vaginatin It gets its name from the plant Selinum Vaginatum. The related molecule is Vaginol, which also goes by the name Archangelicin.

Anol Anol is a synonym for 4-(1-propenyl)phenol, and it is apparently used in the flavour industry.

Penguinone This gets its name from the similarity of its 2D structure to a penguin. It's real name is: 3,4,4,5-tetramethylcyclohexa-2,5-dienone.

Furfuryl Furfurate It got its name from the Latin "furfur", meaning "bran" (the source of the compound). A related molecule, furfural alcohol is apparently used in the fabrication process of the Reinforced Carbon-Carbon (RCC) sections used in the space shuttle.

Carnallite Actually KMgCl3·6H2O, an evaporite mineral used as an ore for potassium fertilizers, and is named after Rudolf von Carnall, a Prussian mining engineer

Draculin This is the anticoagulant factor in vampire bat saliva. It is a large glycoprotein made from a sequence of 411 amino acids.

Soddyite A silicate mineral named after Frederick Soddy (1877-1956), the British physicist and radiochemist. In German it's known as Soddyit and it has the formula (UO2)2SiO4·2H2O.

Burpalite This mineral, Na2CaZrSi2O7F2, is named after the Burpala massif in Buryatia, Russia.

Fartox Actually pentachloronitrobenzene, but goes by a variety of tradenames, including Quintozene, Earthcide and Fartox. It has been used as a soil fungicide since the 1930's.

Noselite A silicate mineral with formula Na8[SO4|Al6Si6O24], and named after the German mineralogist Karl Wilhelm Nose.


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wow, some awesome and related posts thanks rabbitears and Cornflake

i can only think of a little one from the show..
there is more gold in a ton of mobile phones than in a ton of gold ore. kinda related.. a bit.

Some German words are so long that they have a perspective.
MARK TWAIN

Catfish are swimming tongues: they have more taste buds than any other creature. Their entire bodies are covered with them. A six-inch catfish may have more than a quarter of a million taste buds, not just in its mouth and gills, but on its whiskers, fins, back, belly, sides and tail. The channel catfish has the best sense of taste of any vertebrate and is able to detect less than a hundredth of a teaspoonful of a substance in an Olympic swimming pool full of water.

Torschlusspanik is a German word meaning 'the fear of diminishing opportunities as one grows older'.

Never murder a man who is about to commit suicide.
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