Ferropseudobrookite

Fe2+Ti4+2O5
IMA status
  • Approved
Also known as
  • Ferropseudobrookiet

Where it forms, where it's found

Type locality
Disko Island
  1. Qeqertalik
  2. Greenland
8recorded occurrences
Source · OpenStreetMap

Crystallography

Crystal system
Orthorhombic
Space group
Cmcm
Cell parameters
a = 9.8 Å · b = 3.7 Å · c = 10.0 Å
Ratio a:b:c
1 : 0.378 : 1.020

Chemical composition

Constituent elements
Mass composition breakdown
ElementAtoms At. mass g/mol Mass g/molMass share
22TiTitaniumTitanium247.86795.734
41.34%
8OOxygenOxygen515.99979.995
34.54%
26FeIronIron155.84555.845
24.12%
Total231.574100.00%

Mass share = atoms × atomic mass ÷ molar mass × 100

From Mindat formula

Synonyms

  • Ferropseudobrookiet

In other languages

Catalan
ferropseudobrookita

Classification

Strunz
10th ed.

4.CB.15

  • 4OxidesClass
  • 4.CMetal: Oxygen = 2: 3,3: 5, and similarDivision
  • 4.CBWith medium-sized cationsGroup
  • 4.CB.15FerropseudobrookiteSpecies

Group, growth & confusion

In the same group
4 members
Commonly confused with
2 minerals

Literature, links & citation

Citations
  1. 2007Akira MIYAKE, Youhei TORIGOE, and Tomokazu HOKADA (2007) Ferropseudobrookite exsolution in quartz from Napier Complex, East Antarctica. 2007 Annual Meeting of Japan Association of Mineralogical Sciences, G4-P02.
  2. 2013Miyake, Akira, Hokada, Tomokazu (2013) First find of ferropseudobrookite in quartz from Napier Complex, East Antarctica. European Journal of Mineralogy, 25 (1) 33-38 doi:10.1127/0935-1221/2013/0025-2256DOI: 10.1127/0935-1221/2013/0025-2256
  3. 2021Kazheva, O. N., Zubkova, N. V., Schäfer, Ch., Chukanov, N. V., Pekov, I. V., Britvin, S. N., Pushcharovsky, D. Yu. (2021) The Pseudobrookite Group: Crystal Chemical Features of the Armalcolite Fe2+ Analogue. Doklady Earth Sciences, 497 (2). 305-309 doi:10.1134/s1028334x21040097 DOI: 10.1134/s1028334x21040097
  4. 2026Bosi, Ferdinando; Hatert, Frédéric; Pasero, Marco; Mills, Stuart J. (2026) IMA Commission on New Minerals, Nomenclature and Classification (CNMNC) – Newsletter 89. Mineralogical Magazine, 1-5 doi:10.1180/mgm.2026.10199DOI: 10.1180/mgm.2026.10199
Cite this entry
@misc{mineral2026,
  author    = {Mineral Index editorial board},
  title     = {Ferropseudobrookite — Mineral Index},
  year      = {2026},
  url       = {https://mineralindex.org/minerals/ferropseudobrookite-40282},
  note      = {Accessed 2026-05-11}
}