Which metal gets its name from Swedish for heavy stone ?

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Muskan Anand

2 years ago

The name 'tungsten' is derived from the old Swedish name for 'heavy stone', a name given to a known tungsten-containing mineral. The name 'wolfram' comes from a different mineral, wolframite, which also has a high content of the element we call tungsten.

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