Yang Guangming, Wang Su, Peng Zhizhong, and Bu Jingzhen (1985): Qitianlingite - A newly discovered superstructure complex oxide. Acta Mineralogica Sinica 5(3), 193-198

Classification of QitianlingiteHide

Strunz-mindat (2026):

4.DB.35

4 : OXIDES (Hydroxides, V[5,6] vanadates, arsenites, antimonites, bismuthites, sulfites, selenites, tellurites, iodates)
D : Metal: Oxygen = 1:2 and similar
B : With medium-sized cations; chains of edge-sharing octahedra

Dana 8th ed.:

8.1.12.1

8 : MULTIPLE OXIDES CONTAINING NIOBIUM,TANTALUM OR TITANIUM
1 : ABO₄

Hey's CIM Ref.:

27.4.18

27 : Sulphites, Chromates, Molybdates and Tungstates
4 : Tungstates

Mineral SymbolsHide

As of 2021 there are now IMA–CNMNC approved mineral symbols (abbreviations) for each mineral species, useful for tables and diagrams.

Symbol	Source	Reference for Standard
Qit	IMA–CNMNC	Warr, L.N. (2021). IMA–CNMNC approved mineral symbols. Mineralogical Magazine, 85(3), 291-320. doi:10.1180/mgm.2021.43

Physical Properties of QitianlingiteHide

Lustre:

Metallic, Sub-Metallic

Transparency:

Translucent, Opaque

Colour:

Black

Streak:

Dark brown

Hardness:

5½ on Mohs scale

Hardness:

VHN₅₀=520 - 580 kg/mm² - Vickers

Cleavage:

Distinct/Good
{100}, distinct

Density:

6.30 g/cm³ (Measured) 6.423 g/cm³ (Calculated)

Optical Data of QitianlingiteHide

Type:

Biaxial

Anisotropism:

weak

Bireflectance:

weak

Colour in reflected light:

yellowish white

Chemistry of QitianlingiteHide

Mindat Formula:

(Fe,Mn)₂(Nb,Ta)₂WO₁₀

Element Weights:

Element	% weight
Nb	28.973 %
W	28.665 %
O	24.947 %
Fe	17.415 %

Calculated from ideal end-member formula.

Elements listed:

Fe, Mn, Nb, O, Ta, W - search for minerals with similar chemistry

Crystallography of QitianlingiteHide

Crystal System:

Orthorhombic

Class (H-M):

mmm(2/m2/m2/m) - Dipyramidal

Cell Parameters:

a = 23.706(7) Å, b = 5.723(2) Å, c = 5.045(3) Å

Ratio:

a:b:c = 4.142 : 1 : 0.882

Unit Cell V:

684.45 Å³ (Calculated from Unit Cell)

Comment:

Space Group: P bcn

Crystal StructureHide

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ID	Species	Reference	Link	Year	Locality	Pressure (GPa)	Temp (K)
0014177	Qitianlingite	Zhizhong P, Su W, Zhesheng M, Guangming Y (1988) The crystal structure of qitianlingite (Fe2Nb2WO10) Kexue Tongbao 33 856-861		1988	Qitianling, Hunan Province, China	0	293

CIF Raw Data - click here to close

data_global
_chemical_name_mineral 'Qitianlingite'
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'Zhizhong P'
'Su W'
'Zhesheng M'
'Guangming Y'
_journal_name_full 'Kexue Tongbao'
_journal_volume 33 
_journal_year 1988
_journal_page_first 856
_journal_page_last 861
_publ_section_title
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 The crystal structure of qitianlingite (Fe2Nb2WO10)
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_database_code_amcsd 0014177
_chemical_compound_source 'Qitianling, Hunan Province, China'
_chemical_formula_sum 'Fe1.345 Mn.559 Sn.016 Nb1.691 Ta.351 Ti.102 W.919 O10'
_cell_length_a 23.706
_cell_length_b 5.723
_cell_length_c 5.045
_cell_angle_alpha 90
_cell_angle_beta 90
_cell_angle_gamma 90
_cell_volume 684.452
_exptl_crystal_density_diffrn      6.425
_symmetry_space_group_name_H-M 'P b c n'
loop_
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  'x,y,z'
  'x,-y,1/2+z'
  '-x,y,1/2-z'
  '1/2-x,1/2+y,z'
  '1/2+x,1/2-y,-z'
  '1/2+x,1/2+y,1/2-z'
  '1/2-x,1/2-y,1/2+z'
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FeB   0.10030   0.32860   0.25810   0.67230   0.01001
MnB   0.10030   0.32860   0.25810   0.27940   0.01001
SnB   0.10030   0.32860   0.25810   0.00800   0.01001
NbB   0.10030   0.32860   0.25810   0.04040   0.01001
NbC   0.30230   0.32310   0.23470   0.77360   0.00950
TaC   0.30230   0.32310   0.23470   0.17550   0.00950
TiC   0.30230   0.32310   0.23470   0.05100   0.00950
WA   0.50000   0.32410   0.25000   0.91890   0.00849
NbA   0.50000   0.32410   0.25000   0.06300   0.00849
O1   0.04080   0.10600   0.43300   1.00000   0.00760
O2   0.15710   0.10140   0.06410   1.00000   0.00507
O3   0.24470   0.12150   0.41680   1.00000   0.00633
O4   0.44700   0.12780   0.40420   1.00000   0.00507
O5   0.35130   0.11320   0.09250   1.00000   0.00127

X-Ray Powder DiffractionHide

Powder Diffraction Data:

d-spacing	Intensity
2.96 Å	(10)
1.773 Å	(8)
3.65 Å	(7)
2.52 Å	(7)
2.87 Å	(6)
1.385 Å	(6)
1.194 Å	(6)

Geological EnvironmentHide

Paragenetic Mode(s):

Paragenetic Mode	Earliest Age (Ga)
Stage 4b: Highly evolved igneous rocks	>3.0
34 : Complex granite pegmatites

Type Occurrence of QitianlingiteHide

Type Locality:

ⓘ Qitianling complex, Beihu District, Chenzhou, Hunan, China

Place of Conservation of Type Material:

National Museum of Geology, Beijing, China.

Geological Setting of Type Material:

pegmatite dike in granite

Associated Minerals at Type Locality:

Quartz	K Feldspar	Albite	Muscovite	'Zinnwaldite'
Cassiterite	Wolframite Group	'Wolframoixiolite'

Reference:

Yang Guangming, Wang Su, Peng Zhizhong, and Bu Jingzhen (1985): Qitianlingite - A newly discovered superstructure complex oxide. Acta Mineralogica Sinica 5(3), 193-198

Synonyms of QitianlingiteHide

IMA1983-075

Qitianglinite

Other Language Names for QitianlingiteHide

Dutch:Qitianlingiet

German:Qitianlingit
Qitianglinit

Spanish:Qitianglinita
Qitianlingita

Relationship of Qitianlingite to other SpeciesHide

Member of:

Columbite Group > Columbite Supergroup

Other Members of Columbite Group:

Columbite-(Fe)	Fe²⁺Nb₂O₆	Orth. mmm(2/m2/m2/m) : Pbcn
Columbite-(Mg)	(Mg,Fe,Mn)(Nb,Ta)₂O₆	Orth.
Columbite-(Mn)	Mn²⁺Nb₂O₆	Orth. mmm(2/m2/m2/m) : Pbcn
Tantalite-(Fe)	Fe²⁺Ta₂O₆	Orth. mmm(2/m2/m2/m) : Pbcn
Tantalite-(Mg)	(Mg,Fe²⁺)(Ta,Nb)₂O₆	Orth. mmm(2/m2/m2/m) : Pbcn
Tantalite-(Mn)	Mn²⁺Ta₂O₆	Orth. mmm(2/m2/m2/m) : Pbcn

Related Minerals - Strunz-mindat Grouping Hide

4.DB.	Tianhongqiite	CrTiO₃(OH)	Mon. 2/m
4.DB.	Nioboheftetjernite	ScNbO₄	Mon. 2/m : P2₁/b
4.DB.	Huangshanite	Fe³⁺TaO₄	Mon. 2/m : P2/b
4.DB.	Nioboixiolite-(Mn2+)	(Nb_0.67Mn²⁺_0.33)O₂	Orth. mmm(2/m2/m2/m) : Pbcn
4.DB.	Shakhdaraite-(Y)	ScYNb₂O₈	Mon. 2/m : P2/b
4.DB.05	Varlamoffite	Sn_1-xFe_xO_2-x(OH)
4.DB.05	Argutite	GeO₂	Tet. 4/mmm(4/m2/m2/m) : P4₂/mnm
4.DB.05	Cassiterite	SnO₂	Tet. 4/mmm(4/m2/m2/m) : P4₂/mnm
4.DB.05	Rutile	TiO₂	Tet. 4/mmm(4/m2/m2/m) : P4₂/mnm
4.DB.05	Plattnerite	PbO₂	Tet. 4/mmm(4/m2/m2/m) : P4₂/mnm
4.DB.05	Tripuhyite	Fe³⁺Sb⁵⁺O₄	Tet. 4/mmm(4/m2/m2/m) : P4₂/mnm
4.DB.05	Tugarinovite	MoO₂	Mon. 2/m : P2₁/b
4.DB.05	Pyrolusite	Mn⁴⁺O₂	Tet. 4/mmm(4/m2/m2/m) : P4₂/mnm
4.DB.10	Byströmite	MgSb₂O₆	Tet. 4/mmm(4/m2/m2/m) : P4/nmm
4.DB.10	Ordoñezite	ZnSb₂O₆	Tet. 4/mmm(4/m2/m2/m) : P4₂/mnm
4.DB.10	Tredouxite	NiSb₂O₆	Tet. 4/mmm(4/m2/m2/m) : P4₂/mnm
4.DB.10	Tapiolite-(Mn)	Mn²⁺Ta₂O₆	Tet. 4/mmm(4/m2/m2/m) : P4₂/mnm
4.DB.10	Tapiolite-(Fe)	Fe²⁺Ta₂O₆	Tet. 4/mmm(4/m2/m2/m) : P4₂/mnm
4.DB.15a	Paramontroseite	V⁴⁺O₂	Orth. mmm(2/m2/m2/m)
4.DB.15a	Ramsdellite	Mn⁴⁺O₂	Orth. mmm(2/m2/m2/m)
4.DB.15b	Akhtenskite	ε-Mn⁴⁺O₂	Hex. 6/mmm(6/m2/m2/m) : P6₃/mmc
4.DB.15c	Nsutite	(Mn⁴⁺,Mn²⁺)(O,OH)₂	Hex.
4.DB.20	Scrutinyite	α-PbO₂	Orth. mmm(2/m2/m2/m) : Pbcn
4.DB.20	Nioboixiolite-([])	(Nb_0.8◻_0.2)⁴⁺O₂	Orth. mmm(2/m2/m2/m) : Pbcn
4.DB.25	Ishikawaite	U⁴⁺Fe²⁺Nb₂O₈	Mon.
4.DB.25	Yttrocolumbite-(Y)	Y(U⁴⁺,Fe²⁺)Nb₂O₈
4.DB.25	Calciosamarskite	(Ca,U⁴⁺)Fe³⁺(Nb,Ta,Ti)₂O₈	Orth. mmm(2/m2/m2/m)
4.DB.25	Samarskite-(Yb)	YbFe³⁺(Nb,Ta)₂O₈	Mon. 2/m : P2/b
4.DB.25	Ixiolite-(Sc)	(Ta_0.5Sc_0.5)O₂	Orth. mmm(2/m2/m2/m) : Pbcn
4.DB.25	Ixiolite-(Fe2+)	(Ta_0.67Fe²⁺_0.33)O₂	Orth. mmm(2/m2/m2/m) : Pbcn
4.DB.25	Ixiolite-(Mn2+)	(Ta_0.67Mn²⁺_0.33)O₂	Orth. mmm(2/m2/m2/m) : Pbcn
4.DB.25	Nioboixiolite-(Fe2+)	(Nb_0.67Fe²⁺_0.33)O₂	Orth. mmm(2/m2/m2/m) : Pbcn
4.DB.25	Srilankite	TiO₂	Orth. mmm(2/m2/m2/m) : Pbcn
4.DB.25	Samarskite-(Y)	YFe³⁺Nb₂O₈	Mon. 2/m : P2/b
4.DB.25	Nioboixiolite-(Fe3+)	(Nb_0.5Fe³⁺_0.5)O₂	Orth. mmm(2/m2/m2/m) : Pbcn
4.DB.30 va	Wolframite Group
4.DB.30	Rossovskyite	(Fe³⁺,Ta)(Nb,Ti)O₄	Mon. 2/m : P2/b
4.DB.30	Huanzalaite	MgWO₄	Mon. 2/m : P2/b
4.DB.30	Heftetjernite	ScTaO₄	Mon. 2/m : P2/b
4.DB.30	Hübnerite	MnWO₄	Mon. 2/m : P2/b
4.DB.30	Sanmartinite	(Zn,Fe)WO₄	Mon. 2/m : P2₁/b
4.DB.30	Ferberite	FeWO₄	Mon. 2/m : P2/b
4.DB.30	'Krasnoselskite'	CoWO₄	Mon.
4.DB.35	Tantalaeschynite-(Ce)	Ce(TiTa)O₆	Orth. mmm(2/m2/m2/m) : Pnma
4.DB.35	Tantalite-(Mg)	(Mg,Fe²⁺)(Ta,Nb)₂O₆	Orth. mmm(2/m2/m2/m) : Pbcn
4.DB.35	Columbite-(Mn)	Mn²⁺Nb₂O₆	Orth. mmm(2/m2/m2/m) : Pbcn
4.DB.35	Tantalite-(Mn)	Mn²⁺Ta₂O₆	Orth. mmm(2/m2/m2/m) : Pbcn
4.DB.35	Columbite-(Fe)	Fe²⁺Nb₂O₆	Orth. mmm(2/m2/m2/m) : Pbcn
4.DB.35	Columbite-(Mg)	(Mg,Fe,Mn)(Nb,Ta)₂O₆	Orth.
4.DB.35	Tantalite-(Fe)	Fe²⁺Ta₂O₆	Orth. mmm(2/m2/m2/m) : Pbcn
4.DB.40	Ferrotitanowodginite	Fe²⁺TiTa₂O₈	Mon. 2/m : B2/b
4.DB.40	'Wolframowodginite'	Mn(Mn,Sn,Fe,Ta)(W,Ta,Nb)₂O₈
4.DB.40	Lithiotantite	LiTa₃O₈	Mon. 2/m : P2₁/b
4.DB.40	Lithiowodginite	LiTa₃O₈	Mon. 2/m : B2/b
4.DB.40	Titanowodginite	Mn²⁺TiTa₂O₈	Mon. 2/m : B2/b
4.DB.40	Tantalowodginite	(Mn²⁺_0.5◻_0.5)TaTa₂O₈	Mon. 2/m : B2/b
4.DB.40	Wodginite	Mn²⁺Sn⁴⁺Ta₂O₈	Mon. 2/m : B2/b
4.DB.40	Ferrowodginite	Fe²⁺Sn⁴⁺Ta₂O₈	Mon. 2/m : B2/b
4.DB.45	Tivanite	V³⁺TiO₃(OH)	Mon. 2/m : P2₁/b
4.DB.50	Carmichaelite	(Ti,Cr,Fe)[O_2-x(OH)_x]	Mon. 2/m : P2₁/b
4.DB.55	Alumotantite	AlTaO₄	Orth. mmm(2/m2/m2/m) : Pbcn
4.DB.60	Biehlite	((Sb,As)O)₂[MoO₄]	Mon. 2/m : B2/b

Other InformationHide

Notes:

moderately magnetic

Health Risks:

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References for QitianlingiteHide

Reference List:

Yang Guangming, Wang Su, Peng Zhizhong, and Bu Jingzhen (1985): Qitianlingite - A newly discovered superstructure complex oxide. Acta Mineralogica Sinica 5(3), 193-198 (in Chinese with English abstract). - American Mineralogist (1988), 73, 1497 (abstract).

Yang Guangming, Wang Su, Peng Zhizhong, and Bu Jingzhen (1985): Qitianlingite - A newly discovered superstructure complex oxide. Acta Mineralogica Sinica 5(3), 193-198

Peng Zhizhong, Wang Su, Ma Zhesheng, and Yang Guangming (1988): The crystal structure of qitianlingite (Fe2Nb2WO10). Kexue Tongbao, 33(10), 856–861 (in English).

(2005) Qitianlingite. Handbook of Mineralogy. Mineralogical Society of America

Localities for QitianlingiteHide

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Brazil
Pará Parauapebas ⓘ Breves Mine	Fletcher et al. (2004)

Canada
British Columbia Revelstoke Mining Division Boulder Mountain Pegmatite Group ⓘ Prof pegmatite	Breasley et al. (2024)
Revelstoke ⓘ Mount Begbie ?	Dixon et al. (2014) +1 other reference

China
Anhui Huangshan She Co. ⓘ Huangshan pluton	Duan et al. (2025)
Hunan Chenzhou Beihu District ⓘ Qitianling complex (TL)	Guangming Yang et al. (1985)
Jiangxi Ganzhou Quannan Co. ⓘ ~~Dajishan Mine (Tachishan Mine)~~	Wenlan Zhang et al. (2003)
Xinjiang Hami Prefecture (Kumul Prefecture; Qumul Prefecture) Yizhou District ⓘ Juyuan W deposit	YIN et al. (2021)

Czech Republic
Vysočina Region Havlíčkův Brod District Pohled ⓘ Granite quarry	Dolníček et al. (2024)
Třebíč District ⓘ Radkovice u Hrotovic	Scarlett Urbanová (2021)

France
Nouvelle-Aquitaine Creuse Aubusson Soumans Montebras ⓘ Montebras Mines	Marcoux et al. (2021)

Germany
Saxony Sächsische Schweiz-Osterzgebirge Altenberg ⓘ Römer shaft	Färber (n.d.)

Slovakia
Košice Region Gelnica District Nálepkovo ⓘ Surovec granite body ?	Petrik et al. (2011)
Rožňava District ⓘ Gemerská Poloma ?	Koděra et al. (1986) +1 other reference

UK
England Cornwall Treverbyn Stenalees ⓘ Gunheath China Clay Pit ?	Williamson et al. (1997) +1 other reference

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