W(OH, F, Cl)-dominant amphibole R040044 - RRUFF Database: Raman, X-ray, Infrared, and Chemistry

Ferberite R040044

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) ]

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CHEMISTRY

RRUFF ID:	R040044.2
Sample Description:	Microprobe Fragment
Measured Chemistry:	(Fe_0.82Mn_0.08Mg_0.07Pb_0.03)_Σ=1W_1.00O₄
Microprobe Data File:	[ Download Excel File ]

RAMAN SPECTRUM

RRUFF ID:

Sample Description:

Sample is oriented, mounted onto a pin and polished

Pin ID:

M00266

Orientation:

Laser parallel to a [1 0 0]. Fiducial mark perpendicular to laser is parallel to b* (0 1 0).

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BROAD SCAN WITH SPECTRAL ARTIFACTS

RRUFF ID:

R040044

Wavelength:

Sample Description:

Unoriented sample

Instrument settings:

Thermo Almega XR 532nm @ 100% of 150mW

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INFRARED SPECTRUM (Attenuated Total Reflectance)

RRUFF ID:

R040044.1

Instrument settings:

SensIR Durascope on a Nicolet Magna 860 FTIR

Resolution:

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POWDER DIFFRACTION

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

File Type Information

Calculated diffraction file.

File Type Information

Output file from the Bruker D8 Advance instrument. Includes device headers and XY data.

File Type Information

Output file from the Bruker D8 Advance instrument. Includes device headers and XY data.

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REFERENCES for Ferberite
American Mineralogist Crystal Structure Database Record: [view record]
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]
Liebe K L T (1863) Ein neuer Wolframit, Neues Jahrbuch für Mineralogie, Geologie und Palaontologie, 1863, 641-653 [view file]
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]
Ülkü D (1967) Untersuchungen zur kristallstruktur und magnetischen struktur des ferberits, Zeitschrift für Kristallographie, 124, 192-219 [view file]
Cid-Dresdner H, Escobar C (1968) The crystal structure of ferberite, FeWO₄, Zeitschrift für Kristallographie, 127, 61-72 [view file]
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 m_NaCl, Economic Geology, 95, 143-182
Ondruš P, Veselovský F, Gabašová A, Hloušek J, Šrein 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]
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
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
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

REFERENCES for Ferberite

American Mineralogist Crystal Structure Database Record: [view record]

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]

Liebe K L T (1863) Ein neuer Wolframit, Neues Jahrbuch für Mineralogie, Geologie und Palaontologie, 1863, 641-653 [view file]

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]

Ülkü D (1967) Untersuchungen zur kristallstruktur und magnetischen struktur des ferberits, Zeitschrift für Kristallographie, 124, 192-219 [view file]

Cid-Dresdner H, Escobar C (1968) The crystal structure of ferberite, FeWO₄, Zeitschrift für Kristallographie, 127, 61-72 [view file]

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 m_NaCl, Economic Geology, 95, 143-182

Ondruš P, Veselovský F, Gabašová A, Hloušek J, Šrein 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]

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

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

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