Institute of Experimental Mineralogy
                 Russian Academy of Sciences
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           142432, Chernogolovka, Moscow district
             A.V. Chichagov  +7(496)52-22320

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CHROMITE

1, t-spinel, f-oxospinelides, sf-spinel, s-chromite

FeCr(2)O(4)


Cubic  F d3m  Z = 8

Fd3m

17 .4 .1992

Ref.Str.:

         1. Smyth J.R., Bish D.L. (1988)

         * Crystal structures and cation sites of the rock-forming

         minerals. Boston.

         2. Hill R.J., Craig J.R., Gibbs G.V. (1979)

         * Phys. Chem. Minerals, 4, 317-339

         3. Yamanaka T., Takeuchi Y., Tokonami M. (1984)

         * Acta Cryst., B40, 96-102

                   Initial data from BDM-file 

   Lattice parameters (cub. angs.,degr.):

             a =   8.3792   alpha =   90.0 
             b =   8.3792   beta  =   90.0 
             c =   8.3792   gamma =   90.0 

    Unit cell volume (cub. angs.) =   588.31

    Molar volume ( cub.cm/mol.) =    44.3 

  Co-ordinates, thermal parameters, occupation for atomic positions:

NoP   x/a     y/b     z/c    B(j)   atom  / occupation

   1 0.625   0.625   0.625    0.56   Cr    = 1.00
   2 0.0     0.0     0.0      0.61   Fe    = 1.00
   3 0.3873  0.3873  0.3873   0.85   O     = 1.00


  Co-ordinates for all atomic positions :

   No       NoP      x/a        y/b       z/c 

     1       1     0.625      0.625      0.625 
     2       2     0.0        0.0        0.0   
     3       3     0.3873     0.3873     0.3873
     4       1     0.125      0.375      0.875 
     5       1     0.375      0.875      0.125 
     6       1     0.875      0.125      0.375 
     7       2     0.75       0.75       0.25  
     8       2     0.0        0.5        0.5   
     9       2     0.25       0.75       0.75  
    10       3     0.3627     0.1373     0.6373
    11       3     0.6127     0.1127     0.8873
    12       3     0.6373     0.3627     0.1373
    13       1     0.125      0.875      0.375 
    14       1     0.875      0.375      0.125 
    15       1     0.375      0.125      0.875 
    16       2     0.75       0.25       0.75  
    17       2     0.5        0.0        0.5   
    18       3     0.3627     0.6373     0.1373
    19       3     0.1127     0.6127     0.8873
    20       3     0.1373     0.3627     0.6373
    21       1     0.375      0.375      0.625 
    22       1     0.375      0.625      0.375 
    23       1     0.125      0.625      0.125 
    24       1     0.875      0.625      0.875 
    25       1     0.125      0.125      0.625 
    26       1     0.625      0.375      0.375 
    27       1     0.625      0.125      0.125 
    28       1     0.625      0.875      0.875 
    29       1     0.875      0.875      0.625 
    30       2     0.25       0.25       0.25  
    31       2     0.5        0.5        0.0   
    32       3     0.6127     0.6127     0.3873
    33       3     0.1373     0.8627     0.1373
    34       3     0.8873     0.3873     0.8873
    35       3     0.6373     0.8627     0.6373
    36       3     0.8873     0.8873     0.3873
    37       3     0.8627     0.1373     0.1373
    38       3     0.3873     0.8873     0.8873
    39       3     0.8627     0.6373     0.6373
    40       3     0.1127     0.1127     0.3873
    41       3     0.3873     0.6127     0.6127
    42       3     0.6127     0.3873     0.6127
    43       3     0.1373     0.6373     0.3627
    44       3     0.8627     0.3627     0.3627
    45       3     0.1127     0.3873     0.1127
    46       3     0.8873     0.6127     0.1127
    47       3     0.3627     0.3627     0.8627
    48       3     0.6373     0.6373     0.8627
    49       3     0.6127     0.8873     0.1127
    50       3     0.3873     0.1127     0.1127
    51       3     0.3627     0.8627     0.3627
    52       3     0.6373     0.1373     0.3627
    53       3     0.8627     0.8627     0.8627
    54       3     0.1373     0.1373     0.8627
    55       3     0.8873     0.1127     0.6127
    56       3     0.1127     0.8873     0.6127


X-ray density (g/cm cub.)   =      5.05

MU (1/cm) =     986.641    Mass attenuation coefficient (cm**2/g) =    195.272

 Selected interatomic distances (cation-anion,anion-anion):

 NoP    Atom              Rad.sph.      C.N.    Distance     NoP N.
                           (angs.)               (angs.)

    1    Cr                  2.628        6
                                                 1.9971       3
                                                 1.9971       3
                                                 1.9971       3
                                                 1.9971       3
                                                 1.9971       3
                                                 1.9971       3
    2    Fe                  2.592        4
                                                 1.9927       3
                                                 1.9927       3
                                                 1.9927       3
                                                 1.9927       3
    3    O                   3.264       12
                                                 2.9697       3
                                                 2.9697       3
                                                 2.9697       3
                                                 2.9697       3
                                                 2.671        3
                                                 3.254        3
                                                 2.671        3
                                                 2.671        3
                                                 2.9697       3
                                                 3.254        3
                                                 3.254        3
                                                 2.9697       3

  X-ray diffraction powder data (II),  X-Ray W.L. =   1.78892(angs.):

  No   H   K   L   Theta 2*Theta    S       LPG   MF        F          I int.
                    ( degree )                                         *100

    1   1   1   1 10.655  21.31    0.103   55.6     8       66.3      564.4
    2   2   2   0 17.573  35.147   0.169   19.2    12      170.8     1941.0
    3   1   1   3 20.735  41.469   0.198   13.32   24      247.6     5663.7
    4   2   2   2 21.702  43.405   0.207   12.03    8      117.7      385.1
    5   4   0   0 25.277  50.553   0.239    8.51    6      262.6     1017.6
    6   3   3   1 27.73   55.46    0.26     6.9    24        1.2        0.1
    7   4   2   0 28.515  57.03    0.267    6.47   24        0.0        0.0
    8   2   2   4 31.531  63.061   0.292    5.17   24      126.2      571.0
    9   1   1   5 33.688  67.377   0.31     4.48   24      229.1     1631.9
   10   3   3   3 33.688  67.377   0.31     4.48    8      159.9      265.2
   11   4   4   0 37.147  74.293   0.338    3.69   12      420.0     2257.9
   12   5   3   1 39.163  78.326   0.353    3.37   48       31.6       46.5
   13   4   4   2 39.828  79.656   0.358    3.28   24        8.9        1.8
   14   6   2   0 42.464  84.929   0.377    3.0    24       99.7      206.6
   15   3   3   5 44.426  88.853   0.391    2.86   24      162.2      521.5


  X-ray diffraction powder data (I)...X-Ray wave length =  1.78892 (angs.):

  No   H   K   L   Theta 2*Theta    d           I int   I int.n.  I p.h.n.   H(Si)
                    ( degree )   (angstrem)     *100                         *100

    1   1   1   1  10.655  21.31   4.83773      564.4     10.0     10.1     5.6
    2   2   2   0  17.573  35.147  2.96249     1941.0     34.3     34.5     5.7
    3   1   1   3  20.735  41.469  2.52642     5663.7    100.0    100.0     5.7
    4   2   2   2  21.702  43.405  2.41887      385.1      6.8      6.8     5.7
    5   4   0   0  25.277  50.553  2.0948      1017.6     18.0     17.8     5.8
    6   2   2   4  31.531  63.061  1.7104       571.0     10.1      9.8     5.9
    7   1   1   5  33.688  67.377  1.61258     1897.1     33.5     32.4     5.9
    8   4   4   0  37.147  74.293  1.48125     2257.9     39.9     38.0     6.0
    9   6   2   0  42.464  84.929  1.32487      206.6      3.6      3.4     6.1
   10   3   3   5  44.426  88.853  1.27782      521.5      9.2      8.5     6.2

Reference:
Chichagov A.V. et al.
Information-Calculating System on Crystal Structure Data of Minerals
(MINCRYST)
- Kristallographiya, v.35, n.3, 1990, p.610-616 (in Russian)