Magnesioferrite R070127



Name: Magnesioferrite
RRUFF ID: R070127
Ideal Chemistry: MgFe3+2O4
Locality: Langban, Filipstad, Varmland, Sweden
Source: Michael Scott S100406 [view label]
Owner: RRUFF
Description: Black poorly formed octahedral crystals with deep red highlites, associated with hematite and calcite
Status: The identification of this mineral has been confirmed only by single crystal X-ray diffraction.
Mineral Group: [ Spinel (66) ]
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RAMAN SPECTRUM 
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Sample Description: Unoriented sample
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RRUFF ID: R070127
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Sample Description: Unoriented sample
Instrument settings: Thermo Almega XR 532nm @ 100% of 150mW
POWDER DIFFRACTION 
RRUFF ID: R070127.9
Sample Description: Single crystal, powder profile is calculated
Cell Refinement Output: a: 8.434(1)Å    b: 8.434(1)Å    c: 8.434(1)Å
alpha: 90°    beta: 90°    gamma: 90°   Volume: 600.00(7)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 Magnesioferrite

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]

Rammelsberg C (1859) Ueber den sogenannten octaëdrischen Eisenglanz vom Vesuv, und über die Bildung von Magneteisen durch Sublimation, Annalen der Physik und Chemie, 107, 451-454   [view file]

O'Neill H St C, Annersten H, Virgo D (1992) The temperature dependence of the cation distribution in magnesioferrite (MgFe2O4) from powder XRD structural refinements and Mössbauer spectroscopy, American Mineralogist, 77, 725-740   [view file]

Boiocchi M, Caucia F, Merli M, Prella D, Ungaretti L (2001) Crystal-chemical reasons for the immiscibility of periclase and wüstite under lithospheric P,T conditions, European Journal of Mineralogy, 13, 871-881

Nakatsuka A, Ueno H, Nakayama N, Mizota T, Maekawa H (2004) Single-crystal X-ray diffraction study of cation distribution in MgAl2O4 - MgFe2O4 spinel solid solution, Physics and Chemistry of Minerals, 31, 278-287

Antao S M, Hassan I, Crichton W A, Parise J B (2005) Effects of high pressure and high temperature on cation ordering in magnesioferrite, MgFe2O4, using in situ synchrotron X-ray powder diffraction up to 1430 K and 6 GPa, American Mineralogist, 90, 1500-1505   [view file]

Antao S M, Hassan I, Parise J B (2005) Cation ordering in magnesioferrite, MgFe2O4 to 982°C using in situ synchrotron X-ray powder diffraction, American Mineralogist, 90, 219-228   [view file]

Uenver-Thiele L, Woodland A B, Ballaran T B, Miyajima N, Frost D J (2017) Phase relations of Fe-Mg spinels including new high-pressure post-spinel phases and implications for natural samples, American Mineralogist, 102, 2054-2064

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