Wustite | SSHADE

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Mineral phase

IMA name: Wustite

Class: non-silicate mineral
Compound type: oxide-hydroxide

Chemical composition

Formula: $Fe^{2+}O$
Chemical formula: (Fe2+)O
Elemental formula: (Fe2+) O
Isotope mixture type: terrestrial abundance

	Formula	Name	Family	Number min-max	Isotope mole fraction	State	Relevance
	$Fe^{2+}$	Iron(II) cation	element	1		constituent element	main
	$O$	Oxygen	element	1		constituent element	main

Composition comments: Common impurities: Si, Mn, Cr3+, Mg, Ti, Al (typical <0.5% total)

Oxides composition

Oxides

Formula	$FeO$
Mass fraction (%)	100.0

Classifications

Strunz

Class: oxides - hydroxides - arsenites (04)
Division: metal:oxygen = 2.1 and 1:1 (04.A)
Family: M:O = 1:1 (and up to 1:1.25) with small to medium-sized cations only (04.AB)
Code: 04.AB.25

Dana

Major class: oxides and hydroxides (III)
Class: simple oxides (04)
Type: with a cation charge of 2+ (A++O) (04.02)
Group: Periclase group (Isometric, Fm3m) (04.02.01)
Code: 04.02.01.06

Crystallography

Phase type: crystalline
Crystal system: isometric (cubic)
Crystal class: hexoctahedral
Crystal class symbol: m-3m (Oh)
Crystal spacegroup: Fm-3m

Physical properties

Molar mass: 71.85 $g/mol$
Density: 5.88 $g/cm^3$

Thermodynamical properties

State NTP: solid

Optical properties

Refringence type: isotropic
Refraction index $n_{\alpha}$: 2.11-2.13
Pure color: gray
Color: gray, black, brown
Diaphaneity: opaque
Luster: metallic

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