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Oxiferberite

Valid as an unnamed mineral
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Formula:
Fe3+2WO6
Colour:
Brownish black
Lustre:
Adamantine
A substance of anthropogenic origin (burning coal mine dump). Current IMA regulations do not allow such substances to be approved as valid mineral species.

Weakly magnetic.


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Unique IdentifiersHide

Mindat ID:
40080
Long-form identifier:
mindat:1:1:40080:8

IMA Classification of OxiferberiteHide

IMA status notes:
Unnamed (probably valid)
Approval history:
Unnamed, but probably valid.

Pronunciation of OxiferberiteHide

Pronunciation:
PlayRecorded byCountry
Jolyon RalphUnited Kingdom

Physical Properties of OxiferberiteHide

Adamantine
Colour:
Brownish black

Chemistry of OxiferberiteHide

Mindat Formula:
Fe3+2WO6
Element Weights:
Element% weight
W46.955 %
Fe28.527 %
O24.519 %

Calculated from ideal end-member formula.
W
Fe
O

Synonyms of OxiferberiteHide

Other InformationHide

Health Risks:
No information on health risks for this material has been entered into the database. You should always treat mineral specimens with care.

Internet Links for OxiferberiteHide

References for OxiferberiteHide

Localities for OxiferberiteHide

Showing 1 localities.

ⓘ - Click for references and further information on this occurrence. ? - Indicates mineral may be doubtful at this locality. - Good crystals or important locality for species. - World class for species or very significant. (TL) - Type Locality for a valid mineral species. (FRL) - First Recorded Locality for everything else (eg varieties). Struck out - Mineral was erroneously reported from this locality. Faded * - Never found at this locality but inferred to have existed at some point in the past (e.g. from pseudomorphs).

All localities listed without proper references should be considered as questionable.
Russia
 
  • Chelyabinsk Oblast
Cesnokov et al. (1998)
 
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