Ferberita
Ferberita is a mineral with formula FeWO₄, in the Wolframatos group. This specimen comes from Minas da Panasqueira / Cabeço do Pião, Aldeia de S. Francisco, Covilhã, Castelo Branco, Portugal.
Description
Thumbnail-size 360° ferberite floater topped by cream siderite.
About Ferberita
Ferberite is the iron-rich member of the wolframite series and an important tungsten ore.
About the locality
Cabeço do Pião belongs to the Panasqueira district, known for wolframite, quartz and siderite.
Technical data
- Catalogue No.
- 0661
- Composition
- FeWO₄
- Name
- Ferberita
- Group
- Wolframatos
- Category
- Cresta Montis
- Associations
- siderita
- Mine
- Minas da Panasqueira / Cabeço do Pião
- District / Municipality
- Aldeia de S. Francisco
- Province
- Covilhã
- Region
- Castelo Branco
- Country
- Portugal
- Etymology
- Named after Moritz Rudolph Ferber, a German chemist associated with the study of these minerals.
- Quality
- Muy buena
- Value trend
- Estable
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