Ferrite (ceramic)	An artificial material
Ferrite (metallurgical)
Ferrite (of English)	A synonym of Native Iron	Fe
Ferrite (of Johannsen)
Ferrite (of Tieje)	A rock subtype
Ferrite (of Vogelsang)	A synonym of Limonite	FeO(OH) · nH₂O
Kerrite	A synonym of Vermiculite	Mg_0.7(Mg,Fe,Al)₆(Si,Al)₈O₂₀(OH)₄ · 8H₂O
Kufahrite	A valid IMA mineral species	PtPb

IMA Classification of K-ferriteHide

IMA status notes:

Unnamed (probably valid)

Chemistry of K-ferriteHide

Mindat Formula:

KFe²⁺₂Fe³⁺₁₅O₂₅

Element Weights:

Element	% weight
Fe	68.376 %
O	28.808 %
K	2.816 %

Calculated from ideal end-member formula.

Elements listed:

Fe, K, O - search for minerals with similar chemistry

First Recorded Occurrence of K-ferriteHide

First Recorded Locality:

ⓘ Jebel Harmun (Jabel Harum), Quds Governorate, West Bank, Palestine

RadioactivityHide

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Health Risks:

No information on health risks for this material has been entered into the database. You should always treat mineral specimens with care.

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References for K-ferriteHide

Reference List:

Matsui, Y., Bando, Y., Kitami, Y., Roth, R.S. (1986): High-resolution electron-microscopy study of irradiation induceddefects in the β-phase of potassium ferrite. Acta Crystallogr.,B41,27–32

Galuskin, Evgeny V., Galuskina, Irina O., Widmer, Remo, Armbruster, Thomas (2018) First natural hexaferrite with mixed β‴-ferrite (β-alumina) and magnetoplumbite structure from Jabel Harmun, Palestinian Autonomy. European Journal of Mineralogy, 30 (3) 559-567 doi:10.1127/ejm/2018/0030-2697

Localities for K-ferriteHide

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- World class for species or very significant. (TL) - Type Locality for a valid mineral species. (FRL) - First Recorded Locality for everything else (eg varieties). ~~Struck out~~ - Mineral was erroneously reported from this locality. Faded * - Never found at this locality but inferred to have existed at some point in the past (e.g. from pseudomorphs).

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Palestine (FRL)
West Bank Quds Governorate ⓘ Jebel Harmun (Jabel Harum) (FRL)	Galuskin et al. (2018)

USA
California Imperial County Salton Sea ⓘ Niland Fumarole Field	Adams et al. (2014)

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