Assertion: tungsten | /r/SimilarTo | heavy stone
Facets:
value: by the swedish mineralogist
type: OTHER
value: in 1755
type: TEMPORAL
value: in swedish
type: LOCATION
Source sentences:
text: The name tungsten comes from the former Swedish name for the tungstate mineral scheelite, tungsten which means "heavy stone".
text: The name "tungsten" (which means "heavy stone" in Swedish) is used in English, French, and many other languages as the name of the element, but not in the Nordic countries.
text: Tungsten” is the Swedish name for “scheelite” and can be translated to mean “heavy stone.
text: Tungsten in one of its mineral forms was given its name (meaning “heavy stone”) by the Swedish mineralogist A.F. Cronstedt in 1755.