Formula: FeO
Origin of name: for E. Wüst, German geologist
Crystal system: cubic
Crystal class: 4/m -3 2/m
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Colour: gray with greenish tint in reflected light
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Specific gravity: 5.88
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Comments: from meteorites and native iron
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