Franklinite R070137
Name: Franklinite
RRUFF ID: R070137
Ideal Chemistry: ZnFe3+2O4
Locality: Franklin mine, Franklin, Sussex County, New Jersey, USA
Source: Michael Scott S100420 [view label]
Owner: RRUFF
Description: Gray semi-metallic octahedral crystals associated with calcite
Status: The identification of this mineral has been confirmed by X-ray diffraction and chemical analysis
Mineral Group: [ Spinel (66) ]
CHEMISTRY 
RRUFF ID: R070137.2
Sample Description: Microprobe Fragment
Measured Chemistry: (Zn0.63Mn0.36Mg0.01)Σ=1(Fe3+1.96Al0.04)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: L01062
Orientation: Laser parallel to  c*  (0 0 1).     Fiducial mark perpendicular to laser is parallel to  a   [1 0 0].
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BROAD SCAN WITH SPECTRAL ARTIFACTS
RRUFF ID: R070137
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Sample Description: Unoriented sample
Instrument settings: Thermo Almega XR 532nm @ 100% of 150mW
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INFRARED SPECTRUM (Attenuated Total Reflectance) 
RRUFF ID: R070137.1
Sample Description: Powder
Instrument settings: SensIR Durascope on a Nicolet Magna 860 FTIR
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POWDER DIFFRACTION 
RRUFF ID: R070137.1
Sample Description: Powder
Cell Refinement Output: a: 8.46609(9)Å    b: 8.46609(9)Å    c: 8.46609(9)Å
alpha: 90°    beta: 90°    gamma: 90°   Volume: 606.80(2)Å3    Crystal System: cubic
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Calculated diffraction file.

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Output file from the Bruker D8 Advance instrument. Includes device headers and XY data.

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Output file from the Bruker D8 Advance instrument. Includes device headers and XY data.

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REFERENCES for Franklinite

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]

Berthier P (1819) Analyse de deux minéraux zincifères des États-Unis d´Amérique, Annales des Mines, 4, 483-494   [view file]

Berthier M P (1820) Analysis of two zinc ores from the United States of America (translated into English by B Silliman), American Journal of Science and Arts, 2, 319-326   [view file]

Van Horn F R (1928) Large magnetite and franklinite crystals from Franklin Furnace, New Jersey, American Mineralogist, 13, 171-173   [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 St C (1992) Temperature dependence of the cation distribution in zinc ferrite (ZnFe2O4) from powder XRD structural refinements, European Journal of Mineralogy, 4, 571-580

Lucchesi S, Russo U, Della Giusta A (1999) Cation distribution in natural Zn-spinels: franklinite, European Journal of Mineralogy, 11, 501-511

Moran E, Blesa M C, Medina M E, Tornero J D, Menendez N, Amado U (2002) Nonstoichiometric spinel ferrites obtained from α-NaFeO2 via molten media reactions, Inorganic Chemistry, 41, 5961-5967

Reichmann H J, Jacobsen S D, Ballaran T B (2013) Elasticity of franklinite and trends for transition-metal oxide spinels, American Mineralogist, 98, 601-608

Li Y, Li Y, Xu X, Ding C, Chen N, Ding H, Lu A (2018) Structural disorder controlled oxygen vacancy and photocatalytic activity of spinel-type minerals: A case study of ZnFe2O4, Chemical Geology, In Press, 1-12

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