Mineral Species
Ferberite
Type Locality
No
Composition
Fe2+WO4
Crystal System
Monoclinic
Status at Tsumeb
Believed valid
Abundance
Extremely rare
Distribution
Third oxidation zone
Paragenesis
Hypogene (?)
Entry Number
Species; TSNB129
General Notes
Ferberite has been reported as tiny red needles on chalcocite from the third oxidation zone (Gebhard, 1999). According to Mindat, the ferberite was verified by Franz Neuhold in Vienna (https://www.mindat.org/locentry-617556.html; accessed December 2022).
Associated Minerals
chalcocite
