Fergusonite

Petrick pegmatite, Kingsland Granite Company quarry (Petrick quarry), Llano Co., Texas, USA
© 2007, F. Roberts

Name:	After Robert Ferguson (1799-1865), Scottish physician.
Synonym of:	Fergusonite-(Ce), Fergusonite-(Nd), Fergusonite-(Y)

Fergusonite is one of the species groups or series that was orignally described as a single species based on the standards of the time. Subsequently, with the advancement of science, several separate species were defined. This file covers the data when all were one, simply "fergusonite."

Classification of Fergusonite

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Crystallography of Fergusonite

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Fergusonite no.1 - Goldschmidt (1913-1926)

Fergusonite no.2 - Goldschmidt (1913-1926)

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Other Names for Fergusonite

Synonyms:

Bragite

Sipylite

Tyrite

Other Languages:

German:	Fergusonit
Spanish:	Fergusonita

Other Information

Health Warning:

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

References for Fergusonite

Reference List:

Haidinger (1826), Royal Society of Edinburgh, Transactions: 10: 274.

Forbes (1855), Edinburgh New Phil. Journal: 1: 67.

Forbes and Dahll (1855), Nyt Magazine: : 227.

Forbes (1857), Phil. Magazine: 13: 91.

Kôzu and Masuda (1926), Sc. Rep. Tohoku University, ser. III: 3: 1.

Machatschki (1929), Zs. Kr.: 72: 291.

Palache, Charles, Harry Berman & Clifford Frondel (1944), The System of Mineralogy of James Dwight Dana and Edward Salisbury Dana Yale University 1837-1892, Volume I: Elements, Sulfides, Sulfosalts, Oxides. John Wiley and Sons, Inc., New York. 7th edition, revised and enlarged: 757-763.