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Name: Ferberite RRUFF ID: R040044 Ideal Chemistry: Fe2+(WO4) Locality: Chocote, Bolivia Source: University of Arizona Mineral Museum 2033 [view label] Owner: RRUFF Description: Black tabular single crystal Status: The identification of this mineral has been confirmed by X-ray diffraction and chemical analysis |
Mineral Group: [ Columbite (32) ] | ||
Quick search: [ All Ferberite samples (3) ] |
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RRUFF ID: | R040044.1 | |||||||
Sample Description: | Powder | |||||||
Cell Refinement Output: |
a: 4.7382(3)Å b: 5.7105(3)Å c: 4.9656(5)Å alpha: 90° beta: 90.016(9)° gamma: 90° Volume: 134.36(1)Å3 Crystal System: monoclinic |
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REFERENCES for Ferberite | |
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American Mineralogist Crystal Structure Database Record: [view record] |
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Anthony J W, Bideaux R A, Bladh K W, and Nichols M C (1990) Handbook of Mineralogy, Mineral Data Publishing, Tucson Arizona, USA, by permission of the Mineralogical Society of America. [view file] |
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Liebe K L T (1863) Ein neuer Wolframit, Neues Jahrbuch für Mineralogie, Geologie und Palaontologie, 1863, 641-653 [view file] |
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Bailly P R (1948) Utilisation des radiations infra-rouges dans les recherches minéralogiques et en particulier pour la détermination des minéraux opaques, Bulletin de la Société Française de Minéralogie et de Cristallographie, 70, 49-152 [view file] |
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Ülkü D (1967) Untersuchungen zur kristallstruktur und magnetischen struktur des ferberits, Zeitschrift für Kristallographie, 124, 192-219 [view file] |
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Cid-Dresdner H, Escobar C (1968) The crystal structure of ferberite, FeWO4, Zeitschrift für Kristallographie, 127, 61-72 [view file] |
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Wood S A, Samson I M (2000) The hydrothermal geochemistry of tungsten in granitoid environments: I. Relative solubilities of ferberite and scheelite as a function of T, P, pH and mNaCl, Economic Geology, 95, 143-182 |
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Ondru P, Veselovský F, Gabaová A, Hlouek J, rein V, Vavrín I, Skála R, Sejkora J, Drábek M (2003) Primary minerals of the Jáchymov ore district, Journal of the Czech Geological Society, 48, 19-147 [view file] |
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Kloprogge J T, Weier M L Duong L V, Frost R L (2004) Microwave-assisted synthesis and characterisation of divalent metal tungstate nanocrystalline minerals: ferberite, hübnerite, sanmartinite, scheelite and stolzite, Materials Chemistry and Physics, 88, 438-443 |
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Talla D, Beran A, Škoda R, Losos Z (2017) Polarized FTIR spectroscopic examination on hydroxylation in the minerals of the wolframite group, (Fe,Mn,Mg)[W,(Nb,Ta)][O,(OH)]4, American Mineralogist, 102, 867-875 |
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Chukanov N, Pasero M, Aksenov S M, Britvin S N, Zubkova N V, Yike L, Witzke T (2023) Columbite supergroup of minerals: nomenclature and classification, Mineralogical Magazine, 87, 18-33 |
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