Magnetite R060191 - RRUFF Database: Raman, X-ray, Infrared, and Chemistry

Magnetite R060191

Name: Magnetite
RRUFF ID: R060191
Ideal Chemistry: Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄
Locality: Merrry Widow mine, Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada
Source: Lloyd Twaites [view label]
Owner: RRUFF
Description: Grayish-black octahedral crystals
Status: The identification of this mineral has been confirmed by X-ray diffraction and chemical analysis

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CHEMISTRY

RRUFF ID:	R060191.2
Sample Description:	Microprobe fragment
Measured Chemistry:	(Fe²⁺_0.97Mg_0.03)(Fe³⁺_0.97Al_0.03)₂O₄

RAMAN SPECTRUM

RRUFF ID:

Sample Description:

Unoriented sample

Instrument settings:

Thermo Almega XR 532nm @ 100% of 150 mW

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	Raman Data (Processed)
	RRUFF File
	Raman Data (RAW)
	RRUFF File

POWDER DIFFRACTION

RRUFF ID:

R060191.1

Sample Description:

Powder

Cell Refinement Output:

a: 8.3961(5)Å b: 8.3961(5)Å c: 8.3961(5)Å
alpha: 90° beta: 90° gamma: 90° Volume: 591.9(0) Crystal System: cubic

File Type Information

Calculated diffraction file.

File Type Information

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

File Type Information

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

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	Cell Refinement Data
	Cell Refinement Output Data
	DIF File
	X-ray Data (XY - Processed)
	RRUFF File
	X-ray Data (XY - RAW)
	RRUFF File

REFERENCES for Magnetite
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]
Pajari G E (1966) Abstract of paper presented at the eleventh meeting: The variation of magnetite–ulvospinel and hematite–ilmenite compositions in a differentiated alkaline intrusive, The Canadian Mineralogist, 8, 670-670 [view file]
Henriquez F, Martin R F (1978) Crystal-growth texture in magnetite flows and feeder dykes, El Laco, Chile, The Canadian Mineralogist, 16, 581-589 [view file]
Fleet M E, Bilcox G A, Barnett R L (1980) Oriented magnetite inclusions in pyroxenes from the Grenville province, The Canadian Mineralogist, 18, 89-99 [view file]
D’arco P, Maury R C (1981) Comparative geothermometry of some magnetite–ilmenite–orthopyroxene–clinopyroxene associations from volcanic rocks, The Canadian Mineralogist, 19, 461-467 [view file]
Fleet M E (1981) The structure of magnetite, Acta Crystallographica, B37, 917-920
Fleet M E (1984) The structure of magnetite: two annealed natural magnetites, Fe_3.005O₄ and Fe_2.96Mg_0.04O₄, Acta Crystallographica, C40, 1491-1493
Fleet M E (1986) The structure of magnetite: symmetry of cubic spinels, Journal of Solid State Chemistry, 62, 75-82
Hill R L, Sack R O (1987) Thermodynamic properties of Fe-Mg titaniferous magnetite spinels, The Canadian Mineralogist, 25, 443-464 [view file]
Maier W D, Barnes S J (1996) Unusually high concentrations of magnetite at Caraíba and other Cu-sulfide deposits in the Curaçá Valley, Bahia, Brazil, The Canadian Mineralogist, 34, 717-731 [view file]
de Faria D L A, Silva S V, de Oliveira M T (1997) Raman microspectroscopy of some iron oxides and oxyhydroxides, Journal of Raman Spectroscopy, 28, 873-878 [link]
Oh S J, Cook D C, Townsend H E (1998) Characterization of iron oxides commonly formed as corrosion products on steel, Hyperfine Interactions, 112, 59-65 [link]
Gasparov L V, Tanner D B, Romero D B, Berger H, Margaritondo G, Forro L (2000) Infrared and Raman studies of the Verwey transition in magnetite, Physical Review B, 62, issue 12 7939-7944
Frankel R B, Bazylinski D A (2003) Biologically induced mineralization by bacteria, Reviews in Mineralogy and Geochemistry, 54, 95-114
Kretz R (2003) Dendritic magnetite and ilmenite in 590 Ma Grenville dikes near Otter Lake, Quebec, Canada, The Canadian Mineralogist, 41, 1049-1059 [view file]
Shebanova O N, Lazor P (2003) Raman study of magnetite (Fe₃O₄): laser-induced thermal effects and oxidation, Journal of Raman Spectroscopy, 34, 845-852
Gatta G D, Kantor I, Ballaran T B, Dubrovinsky L, McCammon C (2007) Effect of non-hydrostatic conditions on the elastic behaviour of magnetite: an in situ single-crystal X-ray diffraction study, Physics and Chemistry of Minerals, 34, 627-635

REFERENCES for Magnetite

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]

Pajari G E (1966) Abstract of paper presented at the eleventh meeting: The variation of magnetite–ulvospinel and hematite–ilmenite compositions in a differentiated alkaline intrusive, The Canadian Mineralogist, 8, 670-670 [view file]

Henriquez F, Martin R F (1978) Crystal-growth texture in magnetite flows and feeder dykes, El Laco, Chile, The Canadian Mineralogist, 16, 581-589 [view file]

Fleet M E, Bilcox G A, Barnett R L (1980) Oriented magnetite inclusions in pyroxenes from the Grenville province, The Canadian Mineralogist, 18, 89-99 [view file]

D’arco P, Maury R C (1981) Comparative geothermometry of some magnetite–ilmenite–orthopyroxene–clinopyroxene associations from volcanic rocks, The Canadian Mineralogist, 19, 461-467 [view file]

Fleet M E (1981) The structure of magnetite, Acta Crystallographica, B37, 917-920

Fleet M E (1984) The structure of magnetite: two annealed natural magnetites, Fe_3.005O₄ and Fe_2.96Mg_0.04O₄, Acta Crystallographica, C40, 1491-1493

Fleet M E (1986) The structure of magnetite: symmetry of cubic spinels, Journal of Solid State Chemistry, 62, 75-82

Hill R L, Sack R O (1987) Thermodynamic properties of Fe-Mg titaniferous magnetite spinels, The Canadian Mineralogist, 25, 443-464 [view file]

Maier W D, Barnes S J (1996) Unusually high concentrations of magnetite at Caraíba and other Cu-sulfide deposits in the Curaçá Valley, Bahia, Brazil, The Canadian Mineralogist, 34, 717-731 [view file]

de Faria D L A, Silva S V, de Oliveira M T (1997) Raman microspectroscopy of some iron oxides and oxyhydroxides, Journal of Raman Spectroscopy, 28, 873-878 [link]

Oh S J, Cook D C, Townsend H E (1998) Characterization of iron oxides commonly formed as corrosion products on steel, Hyperfine Interactions, 112, 59-65 [link]

Gasparov L V, Tanner D B, Romero D B, Berger H, Margaritondo G, Forro L (2000) Infrared and Raman studies of the Verwey transition in magnetite, Physical Review B, 62, issue 12 7939-7944

Frankel R B, Bazylinski D A (2003) Biologically induced mineralization by bacteria, Reviews in Mineralogy and Geochemistry, 54, 95-114

Kretz R (2003) Dendritic magnetite and ilmenite in 590 Ma Grenville dikes near Otter Lake, Quebec, Canada, The Canadian Mineralogist, 41, 1049-1059 [view file]

Shebanova O N, Lazor P (2003) Raman study of magnetite (Fe₃O₄): laser-induced thermal effects and oxidation, Journal of Raman Spectroscopy, 34, 845-852

Gatta G D, Kantor I, Ballaran T B, Dubrovinsky L, McCammon C (2007) Effect of non-hydrostatic conditions on the elastic behaviour of magnetite: an in situ single-crystal X-ray diffraction study, Physics and Chemistry of Minerals, 34, 627-635