Magnesiochromite R060797

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Name: Magnesiochromite
RRUFF ID: R060797
Ideal Chemistry: MgCr2O4
Locality: Benbow mine, Stillwater Complex, Mount Wood area, Stillwater County, Montana, USA
Source: California Institute of Technology 11227 [view label]
Owner: RRUFF
Description: Black granular massive
Status: The identification of this mineral has been confirmed by X-ray diffraction and chemical analysis
Mineral Group: [ Spinel (66) ]
Quick search: [ All Magnesiochromite samples (3) ]
CHEMISTRY 
RRUFF ID: R060797.2
Sample Description: Microprobe Fragment
Measured Chemistry: (Mg0.55Fe2+0.45)Σ=1(Cr1.28Al0.58Fe3+0.14)Σ=2O4
Microprobe Data File: [ Download Excel File ]
RAMAN SPECTRUM 
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Sample Description: Sample is oriented and mounted on a pin.
Pin ID: M01281
Orientation: Laser parallel to  -a*  (-1 0 0).     Fiducial mark perpendicular to laser is parallel to  c   [0 0 1].
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RRUFF ID: R060797
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Sample Description: Unoriented sample
Instrument settings: Thermo Almega XR 532nm @ 100% of 150mW
POWDER DIFFRACTION 
RRUFF ID: R060797.1
Sample Description: Powder
Cell Refinement Output: a: 8.2940(3)Å    b: 8.2940(3)Å    c: 8.2940(3)Å
alpha: 90°    beta: 90°    gamma: 90°   Volume: 570.54(6)Å3    Crystal System: cubic
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Output file from the Bruker D8 Advance instrument. Includes device headers and XY data.

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REFERENCES for Magnesiochromite

American Mineralogist Crystal Structure Database Record: [view record]

Anthony J W, Bideaux R A, Bladh K W, and Nichols M C (1990) Handbook of Mineralogy, Mineral Data Publishing, Tucson Arizona, USA, by permission of the Mineralogical Society of America. [view file]

Websky M (1873) Ueber Grochauit und Magnochromit, Zeitschrift der Deutschen Geologischen Gesellschaft, 25, 394-398   [view file]

Spencer L J (1913) A (sixth) list of new mineral names, Mineralogical Magazine, 16, 352-378   [view file]

Verwey E J W, Heilmann E L (1947) Physical properties and cation arrangement of oxides with spinel structures, Journal of Chemical Physics, 15, 174-180

O'Neill H S C, Dollase W A (1994) Crystal structures and cation distributions in simple spinels from Powder XRD structural refinements: MgCr2O4, ZnCr2O4, Fe3O4 and the temperature dependence of the cation distribution in ZnAl2O4, Physics and Chemistry of Minerals, 20, 541-555   [view file]

Roeder P L (1994) Chromite: from the fiery rain of chondrules to the Kilauea Iki Lava Lake, The Canadian Mineralogist, 32, 729-746   [view file]

Klemme S, O'Neill H St C (1997) The reaction MgCr2O4 + SiO2 = Cr2O3 + MgSiO3 of formation of magnesiochromite (MgCr2O4), Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology, 130, 59-65

Lenaz D, Prinicivalle F (2005) The crystal chemistry of detrital chromian spinel from the southeastern Alps and outer Dinarides: The discrimination of supplies from areas of similar tectonic setting?, The Canadian Mineralogist, 43, 1305-1314   [view file]

Nestola F, Periotto B, Andreozzi G B, Bruschini E, Bosi F (2014) Pressure-volume equation of state for chromite and magnesiochromite: A single-crystal X-ray diffraction investigation, American Mineralogist, 99, 1248-1253

Ishii T, Kojitani H, Fujino K, Yusa H, Mori D, Inaguma Y, Matsushita Y, Yamaura K, Akaogi M (2015) High-pressure high-temperature transitions in MgCr2O4 and crystal structures of new Mg2Cr2O5 and post-spinel MgCr2O4 phases with implications for ultrahigh-pressure chromitites in ophiolites, American Mineralogist, 100, 59-65

Bosi F, Biagioni C, Pasero M (2019) Nomenclature and classification of the spinel supergroup, European Journal of Mineralogy, 31, 183-192   [view file]