Hercynite R070014



Name: Hercynite
RRUFF ID: R070014
Ideal Chemistry: Fe2+Al2O4
Locality: Ilmenskie Mountains, south Urals, Russia
Source: Michael Scott S102798 [view label]
Owner: RRUFF
Description: Black fragment exhibiting conchoidal fracture and semi-metallic luster, embedded in microcline
Status: The identification of this mineral is not yet confirmed.
CHEMISTRY 
RRUFF ID: R070014.2
Sample Description: Microprobe Fragment
RAMAN SPECTRUM 
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Sample Description: Unoriented sample
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RRUFF ID: R070014
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Sample Description: Unoriented sample
Instrument settings: Thermo Almega XR 532nm @ 100% of 150mW
POWDER DIFFRACTION 
RRUFF ID: R070014.1
Sample Description: powder
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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 Hercynite

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]

Zippe F X M (1839) Ueber den hercinit, eine bisher unbekannt gebliebene spezies des mineralreiches, Verhandlungen der Gesellschaft des Vaterländischen Museums in Böhmen, 1839, 19-27   [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

Bernier L R (1990) Vanadiferous zincian-chromian hercynite in a metamorphosed basalt-hosted alternation zone, Atik Lake, Manitoba, The Canadian Mineralogist, 28, 37-50   [view file]

Larsson L, O'Neill H St C, Annersten H (1994) Crystal chemistry of synthetic hercynite (FeAl2O4) from XRD structural refinements and Mössbauer spectroscopy, European Journal of Mineralogy, 6, 39-51

Harrison R J, Redfern S A T, O'Neil H St. C (1998) The temperature dependence of the cation distribution in synthetic hercynite (FeAl2O4) from in-situ neutron structure refinements, American Mineralogist, 83, 1092-1099   [view file]

Lavina B, Cesare B, Álvarez-Valero A M, Uchida H, Downs R T, Koneva A, Dera P (2009) Closure temperatures of intracrystalline ordering in anatectic and metamorphic hercynite, Fe2+Al2O4, American Mineralogist, 94, 657-665   [view file]