Where it forms, where it's found
- Geological setting
Tin deposit outside of a granite contact
- Type locality
- Xianghualing Sn-polymetallic ore field
- Linwu Co.
- Chenzhou
- Hunan
- China
25.4667°, 112.5667°
1recorded occurrences
Safety & handling
Physical
Optical
- UV response
- none
Crystallography
- Space group
- #114
- Cell parameters
- a = 5.706(8) Å · c = 18.352(3) Å
- Z
- 2
- Type-locality form
tabular crystals to a size of about 100 μm
Chemical composition
Synonyms
- Ferrotaaffeiet-2N’2S
- Ferrotaaffeit-2N’2S
- IMA2011-025
In other languages
- German
- Ferrotaaffeit-2N'2S · IMA 2011-025
- Italian
- ferrotaaffeite-2N'2S
Classification
Strunz
10th ed.4.FC.25
- 4OxidesClass
- 4.FHydroxides (without V or U)Division
- 4.FCHydroxides with OH, without H2O; corner-sharing octahedraGroup
- 4.FC.25Ferrotaaffeite-2N’2SSpecies
Group, growth & confusion
Literature, links & citation
Citations
- 2011Williams, P. A., Hatert, F., Pasero, M., Mills, S. J. (2011) New minerals and nomenclature modifications approved in 2011, CNMNC Newsletter No. 10. Mineralogical Magazine, 75 (5) 2549-2561 doi:10.1180/minmag.2011.075.5.2549 DOI: 10.1180/minmag.2011.075.5.2549
- 2012Yang, Z., Ding, K., De Fourestier, J., Mao, Q., Li, H. (2012) Ferrotaaffeite-2N'2S, a new mineral species, and the crystal structure of Fe2+-rich magnesiotaaffeite-2N'2S from the Xianghualing tin-polymetallic ore field, Hunan Province, China. The Canadian Mineralogist, 50 (1) 21-29 doi:10.3749/canmin.50.1.21 DOI: 10.3749/canmin.50.1.21
- 2014(2014) Ferrotaaffeite-2N’2S. Handbook of Mineralogy. Mineralogical Society of America
Cite this entry
@misc{mineral2026,
author = {Mineral Index editorial board},
title = {Ferrotaaffeite-2N’2S — Mineral Index},
year = {2026},
url = {https://mineralindex.org/minerals/ferrotaaffeite-2n-2s-42821},
note = {Accessed 2026-05-11}
}