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Ferritungstite

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System:IsometricColour:Pale to bright yellow, ...
Name:In allusion to the composition, containing FERRIc iron (Fe3+), and TUNGSTen.
Synonym of:Hydrokenoelsmoreite
This page provides mineralogical data about Ferritungstite.

Other Information

Other Information:Decomposed by acids with the separation of yellowm tungstic oxide.

References for Ferritungstite

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Schaller (1911) Journal of the Washington Academy of Science: 1: 24.

Schaller (1911) American Journal of Science: 32: 161.

Schaller (1911) Zeitschrift für Kristallographie, Mineralogie und Petrographie, Leipzig: 50: 112.

U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 509 (1912): 83.

Larsen, E.S. (1921) The Microscopic Determination of the Nonopaque Minerals, First edition, USGS Bulletin 679: 74.

Kittl (1939) Rev. min., Soc. Argentina Min. Geol.: 10: 78.

Palache, C., Berman, H., & Frondel, C. (1951), The System of Mineralogy of James Dwight Dana and Edward Salisbury Dana, Yale University 1837-1892, Volume II. John Wiley and Sons, Inc., New York, 7th edition, revised and enlarged, 1124 pp.: 1093-1094.

Richter, D.H., L.E. Reichen, and D.M. Lemmon (1957) New data on ferritungstite from Nevada. American Mineralogist: 42: 83-90.

Sahama, T.G. (1981) The secondary tungsten minerals, a review. Mineralogical Record: 12: 82-85.

Ercit, T. S. & Robinson, G. W. (1994): A refinement of the structure of ferritungstite from Kalzas Mountain, Yukon, and observations on the tungsten pyrochlores. Canadian Mineralogist, 32, 567-574.

American Mineralogist (1995): 80: 849.

Walenta, K. (1999): Ferritungstit von der Grube Clara im mittleren Schwarzwald. Aufschluss 50, 211-217. (in German).

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