![natural crystallized zincite from Franklin, United States](https://www.patrickvoillot.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/zincite-franklin-etats-unis21.png)
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![natural crystallized zincite from Franklin, United States](https://www.patrickvoillot.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/zincite-franklin-etats-unis21.png)
![wolframite emerald cut](https://www.patrickvoillot.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/wolframite-taille-emeraude23.png)
wolframite
ck_admin
March 24, 2021
Its name comes from the german, “ wolfram” being the name of tungsten, which is its main component. The hubnerite variety is rich in manganese, of a rather red color, transparent and in slices, it was named after the german Adolph Huebner. The ferberite variety
![manganotantalite rectangular cut](https://www.patrickvoillot.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/manganotantalite-rectangulaire6.png)
![violet taaffeite of Sri Lanka round cut](https://www.patrickvoillot.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/titanite-sphene-chromifere50.png)
![cushion cut spinel from Tanzania](https://www.patrickvoillot.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/spinelle-coussin-tanzanie57.png)
![simpsonite from Brazil oval cut](https://www.patrickvoillot.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/simpsonite-ovale-bresil68.png)
simpsonite
ck_admin
March 24, 2021
It was discovered in Australia and its name honors the Australian mineralogist Edward Sydney Simpson (1875-1939).