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Ferrowodginite Mineral Data
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General Ferrowodginite Information
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 Chemical Formula: |
Fe++SnTa2O8 |
| Composition: |
Molecular Weight = 664.45 gm |
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Tantalum 54.47 % Ta 66.51 % Ta2O5 |
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Iron 8.41 % Fe 10.81 % FeO |
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Tin 17.87 % Sn 20.27 % SnO |
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Oxygen 19.26 % O |
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100.00 % 97.59 % = TOTAL OXIDE |
| Empirical Formula: |
Fe2+SnTa2O8 |
| Environment: |
Museum specimens from a granite pegmatite. |
| IMA Status: |
Approved IMA 1992 |
| Locality: |
Sukula, Tammela, Finland, the exact locality now lost. Link to MinDat.org Location Data. |
| Name Origin: |
Named for its content of FERROus iron and its relation to wodginite. |
| Name Pronunciation: |
Ferrowodginite + Pronunciation  |
| Synonym: |
IMA1984-006 |
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