Wustite Mineral Data

General Wustite Information
Chemical Formula:	FeO
Composition:	Molecular Weight = 71.85 gm
	Iron 77.73 % Fe 100.00 % FeO
	Oxygen 22.27 % O
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	100.00 % 100.00 % = TOTAL OXIDE
Empirical Formula:	Fe²⁺O
IMA Status:	Valid Species (Pre-IMA) 1927
Locality:	At Scharnhausen, near Stuttgart, Baden-W�urttemberg, and at Buhl, near Weimar, Hesse, Germany. In Greenland, on Disko Island, near Uivfaq and Kitdlit. From the Pathardih colliery, Jhar Link to MinDat.org Location Data.
Name Origin:	Named for Ewald W�st (1875-1934), German metallurgist and Director for Iron Research of the Kaiser Wilhelm Institute, Dusseldorf, Germany who first synthesized the compound.
Name Pronunciation:	Wustite
Synonym:	Wuestite