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Bixbyite-(Fe) R050395

Name: Bixbyite-(Fe)
RRUFF ID: R050395
Ideal Chemistry: Fe³⁺₂O₃
Locality: Thomas Range, Juab County, Utah, USA
Source: Marcus Origlieri
Owner: RRUFF
Description: Black cube modified with octahedral corners
Status: The identification of this mineral has been confirmed by X-ray diffraction and chemical analysis

Mineral Group: [ Bixbyite (2) ]

CHEMISTRY

RRUFF ID:	R050395.2
Sample Description:	Microprobe Fragment
Measured Chemistry:	(Fe³⁺_1.09Mn³⁺_0.83Al_0.04Ti_0.03)O₃
Microprobe Data File:	[ Download Excel File ]

RAMAN SPECTRUM

Sample Description:

Unoriented sample

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

INFRARED SPECTRUM (Attenuated Total Reflectance)

RRUFF ID:

R050395.1

Instrument settings:

SensIR Durascope on a Nicolet Magna 860 FTIR

Resolution:

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	Infrared Data (Processed)
	RRUFF File

POWDER DIFFRACTION

RRUFF ID:

R050395.1

Sample Description:

Powder

Cell Refinement Output:

a: 9.4124(3)Å b: 9.4124(3)Å c: 9.4124(3)Å
alpha: 90° beta: 90° gamma: 90° Volume: 833.88(7)Å³ 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 Bixbyite-(Fe)
American Mineralogist Crystal Structure Database Record: [view record]
Zachariasen W H (1928) Untersuchungen über die Kristallstruktur von Sesquioxyden und Verbindungen ABO₃, Skrifter Utgitt av Det Norske Videnskaps-Akademi i Oslo, 1, 1-165 [view file]
Pauling L, Shappell M D (1930) The crystal structure of bixbyite and the C-modification of the sesquioxides, Zeitschrift für Kristallographie, 75, 128-142 [view file]
Geller S (1971) Structures of α-Mn₂O₃, (Mn_0.983Fe_0.017)₂O₃ and (Mn_0.37Fe_0.63)₂O₃ and relation to magnetic ordering, Acta Crystallographica, B27, 821-828
Ben-Dor L, Fischbein E, Kalman Z H (1976) Concerning the β phase of iron(III) oxide, Acta Crystallographica, B32, 667-667
Danno T, Nakatsuka D, Kusano Y, Asaoka H, Nakanishi M, Fujii T, Ikeda Y, Takada J (2013) Crystal structure of β‑Fe₂O₃ and topotactic phase transformation to α‑Fe₂O₃, Crystal Growth and Design, 13, 770-774
Rayaprol S, Kaushik S D, Babu P D Siruguri V (2013) Structure and magnetism of FeMnO₃, AIP Conference Proceedings, 1512, 1132-1133 [view file]
Ghosh D, Dutta U, Haque A, Mordvinova N E, Lebedev O I, Pal K, Gayen A, Mahata P, Kundu A K, Seikh M M (2017) Evidence of low temperature spin glass transition in bixbyite type FeMnO₃, Materials Science and Engineering B, 226, 206-210
Miyawaki R, Hatert F, Pasero M, Mills S J (2022) IMA Commission on New Minerals, Nomenclature and Classification (CNMNC) Newsletter 64, Mineralogical Magazine, 86, 178-182 [view file]

REFERENCES for Bixbyite-(Fe)

American Mineralogist Crystal Structure Database Record: [view record]

Zachariasen W H (1928) Untersuchungen über die Kristallstruktur von Sesquioxyden und Verbindungen ABO₃, Skrifter Utgitt av Det Norske Videnskaps-Akademi i Oslo, 1, 1-165 [view file]

Pauling L, Shappell M D (1930) The crystal structure of bixbyite and the C-modification of the sesquioxides, Zeitschrift für Kristallographie, 75, 128-142 [view file]

Geller S (1971) Structures of α-Mn₂O₃, (Mn_0.983Fe_0.017)₂O₃ and (Mn_0.37Fe_0.63)₂O₃ and relation to magnetic ordering, Acta Crystallographica, B27, 821-828

Ben-Dor L, Fischbein E, Kalman Z H (1976) Concerning the β phase of iron(III) oxide, Acta Crystallographica, B32, 667-667

Danno T, Nakatsuka D, Kusano Y, Asaoka H, Nakanishi M, Fujii T, Ikeda Y, Takada J (2013) Crystal structure of β‑Fe₂O₃ and topotactic phase transformation to α‑Fe₂O₃, Crystal Growth and Design, 13, 770-774

Rayaprol S, Kaushik S D, Babu P D Siruguri V (2013) Structure and magnetism of FeMnO₃, AIP Conference Proceedings, 1512, 1132-1133 [view file]

Ghosh D, Dutta U, Haque A, Mordvinova N E, Lebedev O I, Pal K, Gayen A, Mahata P, Kundu A K, Seikh M M (2017) Evidence of low temperature spin glass transition in bixbyite type FeMnO₃, Materials Science and Engineering B, 226, 206-210

Miyawaki R, Hatert F, Pasero M, Mills S J (2022) IMA Commission on New Minerals, Nomenclature and Classification (CNMNC) Newsletter 64, Mineralogical Magazine, 86, 178-182 [view file]