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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) ] | ||
Quick search: [ All Magnesioferrite samples (2) ] |
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POWDER DIFFRACTION | |||||||
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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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REFERENCES for Magnesioferrite | |
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American Mineralogist Crystal Structure Database Record: [view record] |
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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] |
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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] |
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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] |
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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 |
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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 |
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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] |
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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] |
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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 |
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Bosi F, Biagioni C, Pasero M (2019) Nomenclature and classification of the spinel supergroup, European Journal of Mineralogy, 31, 183-192 [view file] |
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