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General Wustite Information

Help on Chemical  Formula: Chemical Formula: FeO
Help on Composition: Composition: Molecular Weight = 71.85 gm
   Iron    77.73 %  Fe  100.00 % FeO
   Oxygen  22.27 %  O
          ______        ______ 
          100.00 %      100.00 % = TOTAL OXIDE
Help on Empirical Formula: Empirical Formula: Fe2+O
Help on Environment: Environment: Formed as an alteration product of other iron-bearing minerals at high temperatures in a highly reducing environment; in highly-reduced iron-bearing basalts; as inclusions in diamonds in kimberlites; in precipitates from deep-sea hot brines and in Fe-Mn nodules; in microspherules of likely extraterrestrial origin found in a variety of geological environments; in some meteorites
Help on IMA Status: IMA Status: Valid Species (Pre-IMA) 1927
Help on Locality: Locality: At Scharnhausen, near Stuttgart, Baden-Wurttemberg, and at Buhl, near Weimar, Hesse, Germany. In Greenland, on Disko Island, near Uivfaq and Kitdlit. From the Pathardih colliery, Jharia coalfield, Bihar, India. In a number of diamond-bearing kimberlite pipes. Link to MinDat.org Location Data.
Help on Name Origin: Name Origin: Named for Ewald Wüst (1875-1934), German metallurgist and Director for Iron Research of the Kaiser Wilhelm Institute, Dusseldorf, Germany who first synthesized the compound.
Help on Synonym: Synonym: Wuestite
 

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Wustite

Comments: Orange botryoidal wustite on green calcite.
Location: Zacatecas, Mexico. Scale: See Photo.
© Jeff Weissman / Photographic Guide to Mineral Species

Wustite Crystallography

Help on Cell Dimensions: Cell Dimensions: a = 4.296, Z = 4; V = 79.29 Den(Calc)= 6.02
Help on Crystal System: Crystal System: Isometric - HexoctahedralH-M Symbol (4/m 3 2/m) Space Group: F m3m
Help on X Ray Diffraction: X Ray Diffraction: By Intensity(I/Io): 2.146(1), 1.518(0.8), 2.476(0.7),
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Fjellvag H , Hauback B C , Vogt T , Stolen S , American Mineralogist , 87 (2002) p.347-349, Monoclinic nearly stoichiometric wustite at low temperatures, Sample: BNL, T = 10 K

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Physical Properties of Wustite

Help on Color: Color: Gray.
Help on Density: Density: 5.88
Help on Diaphaniety: Diaphaniety: Transparent to Translucent
Help on Hardness: Hardness: 5-5.5 - Apatite-Knife Blade
Help on Luster: Luster: Vitreous (Glassy)
 

Optical Properties of Wustite

Help on Optical Data: Optical Data: NCalc= 2.13 - from Gladstone-Dale relationship (KC = 0.188) where Ncalc=Dcalc*KC+1
NCalc= 2.11 - from Gladstone-Dale relationship (KC = 0.188) where Ncalc=Dmeas*KC+1
 

Calculated Properties of Wustite

Help on Electron Density: Electron Density:

relectron=5.70 gm/cc
note: rWustite =6.02 gm/cc.

Help on Fermion Index Fermion Index Fermion Index = 0.01658
Boson Index = 0.98342
Help on Photoelectric: Photoelectric:

PEWustite = 23.84 barns/electron
U=PEWustite x relectron= 135.82 barns/cc.

Help on Radioactivity: Radioactivity: GRapi = 0 (Gamma Ray American Petroleum Institute Units)

Wustite is Not Radioactive

 

Wustite Classification

Help on  Dana Class: Dana Class: 4.2.1.6 (4)Simple Oxides
  (4.2)with a cation charge of 2+ (A++ O)
  (4.2.1)Periclase group (Isometric, Fm3m)
 
4.2.1.1 Periclase MgO F m3m 4/m 3 2/m
 
4.2.1.2 Bunsenite NiO F m3m 4/m 3 2/m
 
4.2.1.3 Manganosite MnO F m3m 4/m 3 2/m
 
4.2.1.4 Monteponite CdO F m3m 4/m 3 2/m
 
4.2.1.5 Lime CaO F m3m 4/m 3 2/m
 
4.2.1.6 Wustite FeO F m3m 4/m 3 2/m
 
4.2.1.7 Hongquiite* TiO F m3m 4/m 3 2/m
Help on  Strunz Class: Strunz Class: IV/A.04-20 IV - Oxides
  IV/A - Oxides with metal : oxygen = 1:1 and 2:1 (M2O,MO)
  IV/A.04 - Periclase Group, Periclase - Murdochite series
 
IV/A.04-10 Periclase MgO F m3m 4/m 3 2/m
 
IV/A.04-20 Wustite FeO F m3m 4/m 3 2/m
 
IV/A.04-30 Bunsenite NiO F m3m 4/m 3 2/m
 
IV/A.04-40 Manganosite MnO F m3m 4/m 3 2/m
 
IV/A.04-50 Monteponite CdO F m3m 4/m 3 2/m
 
IV/A.04-60 Lime CaO F m3m 4/m 3 2/m
 
IV/A.04-70 Murdochite PbCu6O8-x(Cl,Br)2x F m3m 4/m 3 2/m
 

Other Wustite Information

Help on References: References: NAME( Athena) PHYS. PROP.(Enc. of Minerals,2nd ed.,1990)
Help on See Also: See Also: Links to other databases for Wustite :
1 -Am. Min. Crystal Structure Database 2 -Athena 3 - EUROmin Project 4 -Google Images 5 -Google Scholar 6 -Handbook of Mineralogy (UofA) 7 -MinDAT 8 -MinMax(Deutsch) 9 -MinMax(English) 10 -Mineralienatlas (Deutsch) 11 -QUT Mineral Atlas 12 -University of Colorado - Mineral Structure Data 13 - WWW-MINCRYST 14 -École des Mines de Paris

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FeO
Dana No: 4.2.1.6 Strunz No: IV/A.04-20
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