Spinel X080014 - RRUFF Database: Raman, X-ray, Infrared, and Chemistry

Spinel X080014

Name: Spinel
RRUFF ID: X080014
Ideal Chemistry: MgAl₂O₄
Locality: Synthetic
Source: Gemological Institute of America 14105
Owner: GIA
Description: Faceted blue gemstone, 7.90 ct
Status: The identification of this mineral has been determined only by Raman spectroscopy

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RAMAN SPECTRUM

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Unoriented sample; 780 nm spectrum overwhelmed by fluorescence

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X080014

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Unoriented sample; 780 nm spectrum overwhelmed by fluorescence

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REFERENCES for Spinel
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]
Rome de l´Isle J B L (1783) Genre VII. Cristaux-Gemmes. Espèce III. Rubis spinelle octaèdre, in Cristallographie, Volume 2, 2nd Edition De L´Imprimerie de Monsieur Paris 224-230 [view file]
Klaproth M H (1797) Chemische Untersuchung des Spinells, Beiträge zur Chemischen Kenntniss der Mineralkörper, 2, 1-12 [view file]
Schairer J F, Foshag W F (1927) New mineral names, American Mineralogist, 12, 232-232 [view file]
Zorina N G, Kvitka S S (1968) Refinement of the structure of the spinel Al₂MgO₄, Soviet Physics - Crystallography, 13, 599-600 [view file]
Dickson B L, Smith G (1976) Low-temperature optical absorption and Mössbauer spectra of staurolite and spinel, The Canadian Mineralogist, 14, 206-215 [view file]
Jansen J B H, Feenstra A, Schuiling R D (1978) A spinel-forming reaction in aluminous dolomitic marbles of Naxos, Greece, Neues Jahrbuch für Mineralogie, Monatshefte, 1978, 145-158
Essene E J, Peacor D R (1983) Crystal chemistry and petrology of coexisting galaxite and jacobsite and other spinel solutions and solvi, American Mineralogist, 68, 449-455 [view file]
Takéuchi Y, Yamanaka T, Haga N, Hirano M (1984) High-temperature crystallography of olivines and spinels, in Materials Science of the Earth's Interior Terra Scientific Publishing Company Tokyo 191-231
Arean C O, Vinuela J S D (1985) Structural study of copper–nickel aluminate (Cu_xNi_1-xAl₂O₄) spinels, Journal of Solid State Chemistry, 60, 1-5
Spry P G, Scott S D (1986) Zincian spinel and staurolite as guides to ore in the Appalachians and Scandinavian Caledonides, The Canadian Mineralogist, 24, 147-163 [view file]
Spry P G (1987) Compositional zoning in zincian spinel, The Canadian Mineralogist, 25, 97-104 [view file]
Wang X, Greenwood H J (1988) An experimental study of the equilibrium: grossular + clinochlore = 3 diopside + 2 spinel + 4 H₂O, The Canadian Mineralogist, 26, 269-281 [view file]
Cynn H, Sharma S K, Cooney T F, Nicol M (1992) High-temperature Raman investigation of order-disorder behavior in the MgAl₂O₄ spinel, Physical Review B, 45, 500-502
Waerenborgh J C, Figueiredo M O, Cabral J M P, Pereira L C J (1994) Temperature and composition dependence of the cation distribution in synthetic ZnFe_yAl_2-yO₄(0 < y < 1) spinels, Journal of Solid State Chemistry, 111, 300-309
Wendschuh-Josties M, O'Neill H St C, Bente K, Brey G (1995) Lattice and oxygen parameters of ZnGa₂O₄ as a function of equilibration temperature, Neues Jahrbuch für Mineralogie, Monatshefte, 1995, 273-280
Cabella R, Gazzotti M, Lucchetti G (1997) Loveringite and baddeleyite in layers of chromian spinel from the Bracco ophiolitic unit, northern Apennines, Italy, The Canadian Mineralogist, 35, 899-908 [view file]
Clynne M A, Borg L E (1997) Olivine and chromian spinel in primitive calc-alkaline and tholeiitic lavas from the southernmost Cascade Range, California: a reflection of relative fertility of the source, The Canadian Mineralogist, 35, 453-472 [view file]
Lutz H D, Kringe C, Mohn K, Stingl T (1998) Decomposition of spinel-type nickel chromium indium sulfides–x-ray powder structure determination, Journal of Solid State Chemistry, 136, 193-198
Grygar T, Bezdicka P, Vorm P, Jordanova N, Krtil P (2001) Spinel solid solutions in the Li-Fe-Mn-O system, Journal of Solid State Chemistry, 161, 152-160
Palos A I, Anne M, Strobel P (2001) Topotactic reactions, structural studies, and lithium intercalation in cation-deficient spinels with formula close to Li₂Mn₄O₉, Journal of Solid State Chemistry, 160, 108-117
Litvinenko A K (2003) Genetic position of precius spinel in magnesium skarns of the South-West Pamirs, Zapiski Vserossijskogo Mineralogicheskogo Obshchestva, 132, issue 1 76-81 [view file]
Uchida H, Lavina B, Downs R T, Chesley J (2005) Single-crystal X-ray diffraction of spinels from the San Carlos Volcanic Field, Arizona: spinel as a geothermometer, American Mineralogist, 90, 1900-1908 [view file]
Martignago F, Andreozzi G B, Dal Negro A (2006) Thermodynamics and kinetics of cation ordering in natural and synthetic Mg(Al,Fe³⁺)₂O₄ spinels from in situ high-temperature X-ray diffraction, American Mineralogist, 91, 306-312 [view file]
Princivalle F, Martignago F, Dal Negro A (2006) Kinetics of cation ordering in natural Mg(Al,Cr³⁺)₂O₄ spinels, American Mineralogist, 91, 313-318 [view file]
Bosi F, Hålenius U, Andreozzi G B, Skogby H, Lucchesi S (2007) Structural refinement and crystal chemistry of Mn-doped spinel: a case for tetrahedrally coordinated Mn³⁺ in an oxygen-based structure, American Mineralogist, 92, 27-33 [view file]
Kojitani H, Hisatomi R, Akaogi M (2007) High-pressure relations and crystal chemistry of calcium ferrite-type solid solutions in the system MgAl₂O₄-Mg₂SiO₄, American Mineralogist, 92, 1112-1118 [view file]
Liu X, O’Neill H St. C (2007) Effects of P₂O₅ and TiO₂ on the partial melting of spinel lherzolite in the system CaO—MgO—Al₂O₃—SiO₂ at 1.1 GPa, The Canadian Mineralogist, 45, 649-655 [view file]
Nestola F, Boffa Ballaran T, Balic-Zunic T, Princivalle F, Secco L, Dal Negro A (2007) Comparative compressibility and structural behavior of spinel MgAl₂O₄ at high pressures: the independency on the degree of cation order, American Mineralogist, 92, 1838-1843 [view file]
Palin E J, Harrison R J (2007) A Monte Carlo investigation of the thermodynamics of cation ordering in 2-3 spinels, American Mineralogist, 92, 1334-1345 [view file]

REFERENCES for Spinel

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]

Rome de l´Isle J B L (1783) Genre VII. Cristaux-Gemmes. Espèce III. Rubis spinelle octaèdre, in Cristallographie, Volume 2, 2nd Edition De L´Imprimerie de Monsieur Paris 224-230 [view file]

Klaproth M H (1797) Chemische Untersuchung des Spinells, Beiträge zur Chemischen Kenntniss der Mineralkörper, 2, 1-12 [view file]

Schairer J F, Foshag W F (1927) New mineral names, American Mineralogist, 12, 232-232 [view file]

Zorina N G, Kvitka S S (1968) Refinement of the structure of the spinel Al₂MgO₄, Soviet Physics - Crystallography, 13, 599-600 [view file]

Dickson B L, Smith G (1976) Low-temperature optical absorption and Mössbauer spectra of staurolite and spinel, The Canadian Mineralogist, 14, 206-215 [view file]

Jansen J B H, Feenstra A, Schuiling R D (1978) A spinel-forming reaction in aluminous dolomitic marbles of Naxos, Greece, Neues Jahrbuch für Mineralogie, Monatshefte, 1978, 145-158

Essene E J, Peacor D R (1983) Crystal chemistry and petrology of coexisting galaxite and jacobsite and other spinel solutions and solvi, American Mineralogist, 68, 449-455 [view file]

Takéuchi Y, Yamanaka T, Haga N, Hirano M (1984) High-temperature crystallography of olivines and spinels, in Materials Science of the Earth's Interior Terra Scientific Publishing Company Tokyo 191-231

Arean C O, Vinuela J S D (1985) Structural study of copper–nickel aluminate (Cu_xNi_1-xAl₂O₄) spinels, Journal of Solid State Chemistry, 60, 1-5

Spry P G, Scott S D (1986) Zincian spinel and staurolite as guides to ore in the Appalachians and Scandinavian Caledonides, The Canadian Mineralogist, 24, 147-163 [view file]

Spry P G (1987) Compositional zoning in zincian spinel, The Canadian Mineralogist, 25, 97-104 [view file]

Wang X, Greenwood H J (1988) An experimental study of the equilibrium: grossular + clinochlore = 3 diopside + 2 spinel + 4 H₂O, The Canadian Mineralogist, 26, 269-281 [view file]

Cynn H, Sharma S K, Cooney T F, Nicol M (1992) High-temperature Raman investigation of order-disorder behavior in the MgAl₂O₄ spinel, Physical Review B, 45, 500-502

Waerenborgh J C, Figueiredo M O, Cabral J M P, Pereira L C J (1994) Temperature and composition dependence of the cation distribution in synthetic ZnFe_yAl_2-yO₄(0 < y < 1) spinels, Journal of Solid State Chemistry, 111, 300-309

Wendschuh-Josties M, O'Neill H St C, Bente K, Brey G (1995) Lattice and oxygen parameters of ZnGa₂O₄ as a function of equilibration temperature, Neues Jahrbuch für Mineralogie, Monatshefte, 1995, 273-280

Cabella R, Gazzotti M, Lucchetti G (1997) Loveringite and baddeleyite in layers of chromian spinel from the Bracco ophiolitic unit, northern Apennines, Italy, The Canadian Mineralogist, 35, 899-908 [view file]

Clynne M A, Borg L E (1997) Olivine and chromian spinel in primitive calc-alkaline and tholeiitic lavas from the southernmost Cascade Range, California: a reflection of relative fertility of the source, The Canadian Mineralogist, 35, 453-472 [view file]

Lutz H D, Kringe C, Mohn K, Stingl T (1998) Decomposition of spinel-type nickel chromium indium sulfides–x-ray powder structure determination, Journal of Solid State Chemistry, 136, 193-198

Grygar T, Bezdicka P, Vorm P, Jordanova N, Krtil P (2001) Spinel solid solutions in the Li-Fe-Mn-O system, Journal of Solid State Chemistry, 161, 152-160

Palos A I, Anne M, Strobel P (2001) Topotactic reactions, structural studies, and lithium intercalation in cation-deficient spinels with formula close to Li₂Mn₄O₉, Journal of Solid State Chemistry, 160, 108-117

Litvinenko A K (2003) Genetic position of precius spinel in magnesium skarns of the South-West Pamirs, Zapiski Vserossijskogo Mineralogicheskogo Obshchestva, 132, issue 1 76-81 [view file]

Uchida H, Lavina B, Downs R T, Chesley J (2005) Single-crystal X-ray diffraction of spinels from the San Carlos Volcanic Field, Arizona: spinel as a geothermometer, American Mineralogist, 90, 1900-1908 [view file]

Martignago F, Andreozzi G B, Dal Negro A (2006) Thermodynamics and kinetics of cation ordering in natural and synthetic Mg(Al,Fe³⁺)₂O₄ spinels from in situ high-temperature X-ray diffraction, American Mineralogist, 91, 306-312 [view file]

Princivalle F, Martignago F, Dal Negro A (2006) Kinetics of cation ordering in natural Mg(Al,Cr³⁺)₂O₄ spinels, American Mineralogist, 91, 313-318 [view file]

Bosi F, Hålenius U, Andreozzi G B, Skogby H, Lucchesi S (2007) Structural refinement and crystal chemistry of Mn-doped spinel: a case for tetrahedrally coordinated Mn³⁺ in an oxygen-based structure, American Mineralogist, 92, 27-33 [view file]

Kojitani H, Hisatomi R, Akaogi M (2007) High-pressure relations and crystal chemistry of calcium ferrite-type solid solutions in the system MgAl₂O₄-Mg₂SiO₄, American Mineralogist, 92, 1112-1118 [view file]

Liu X, O’Neill H St. C (2007) Effects of P₂O₅ and TiO₂ on the partial melting of spinel lherzolite in the system CaO—MgO—Al₂O₃—SiO₂ at 1.1 GPa, The Canadian Mineralogist, 45, 649-655 [view file]

Nestola F, Boffa Ballaran T, Balic-Zunic T, Princivalle F, Secco L, Dal Negro A (2007) Comparative compressibility and structural behavior of spinel MgAl₂O₄ at high pressures: the independency on the degree of cation order, American Mineralogist, 92, 1838-1843 [view file]

Palin E J, Harrison R J (2007) A Monte Carlo investigation of the thermodynamics of cation ordering in 2-3 spinels, American Mineralogist, 92, 1334-1345 [view file]