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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GALAXITE

2, t-spinel, f-oxospinelides, sf-spinel, s-spinel

Mn(0.89)Al(2.11)O(4)


Cubic  * Fd3m  Z = 8

*Fd3m

6 .9 .1907

Ref.Str.:

         Essene E.J., Peacor D.R. (1983)

         * Amer. Mineral., 68, 449-455

Reserv:

         N.A.D.

                   Initial data from BDM-file 

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

             a =   8.181    alpha =   90.0 
             b =   8.181    beta  =   90.0 
             c =   8.181    gamma =   90.0 

    Unit cell volume (cub. angs.) =   547.54

    Molar volume ( cub.cm/mol.) =    41.23

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

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

   1 0.125   0.125   0.125    0.0    Mn    = 0.89, Al    = 0.11
   2 0.5     0.5     0.5      0.0    Al    = 1.00
   3 0.2655  0.2655  0.2655   0.0    O     = 1.00


  Co-ordinates for all atomic positions :

   No       NoP      x/a        y/b       z/c 

     1       1     0.125      0.125      0.125 
     2       2     0.5        0.5        0.5   
     3       3     0.2655     0.2655     0.2655
     4       1     0.875      0.875      0.875 
     5       3     0.7345     0.7345     0.7345
     6       1     0.375      0.875      0.375 
     7       1     0.625      0.125      0.625 
     8       1     0.375      0.375      0.875 
     9       2     0.0        0.25       0.75  
    10       2     0.25       0.75       0.0   
    11       2     0.75       0.0        0.25  
    12       3     0.2345     0.0155     0.5155
    13       3     0.4845     0.9845     0.7655
    14       3     0.5155     0.2345     0.0155
    15       1     0.625      0.625      0.125 
    16       1     0.875      0.375      0.375 
    17       1     0.125      0.625      0.625 
    18       3     0.7655     0.4845     0.9845
    19       3     0.0155     0.5155     0.2345
    20       3     0.9845     0.7655     0.4845
    21       2     0.0        0.75       0.25  
    22       2     0.75       0.25       0.0   
    23       2     0.25       0.0        0.75  
    24       3     0.2345     0.5155     0.0155
    25       3     0.9845     0.4845     0.7655
    26       3     0.0155     0.2345     0.5155
    27       3     0.7655     0.9845     0.4845
    28       3     0.5155     0.0155     0.2345
    29       3     0.4845     0.7655     0.9845
    30       2     0.25       0.25       0.5   
    31       2     0.25       0.5        0.25  
    32       2     0.0        0.5        0.0   
    33       2     0.75       0.5        0.75  
    34       2     0.0        0.0        0.5   
    35       2     0.5        0.25       0.25  
    36       2     0.5        0.0        0.0   
    37       2     0.5        0.75       0.75  
    38       2     0.75       0.75       0.5   
    39       3     0.4845     0.4845     0.2655
    40       3     0.0155     0.7345     0.0155
    41       3     0.7655     0.2655     0.7655
    42       3     0.5155     0.7345     0.5155
    43       3     0.7655     0.7655     0.2655
    44       3     0.7345     0.0155     0.0155
    45       3     0.2655     0.7655     0.7655
    46       3     0.7345     0.5155     0.5155
    47       3     0.9845     0.9845     0.2655
    48       3     0.0155     0.0155     0.7345
    49       3     0.4845     0.2655     0.4845
    50       3     0.2345     0.7345     0.2345
    51       3     0.9845     0.2655     0.9845
    52       3     0.2345     0.2345     0.7345
    53       3     0.2655     0.4845     0.4845
    54       3     0.7345     0.2345     0.2345
    55       3     0.2655     0.9845     0.9845
    56       3     0.5155     0.5155     0.7345


X-ray density (g/cm cub.)   =      4.12

MU (1/cm) =     422.931    Mass attenuation coefficient (cm**2/g) =    102.683

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

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

    1   Mn   ,Al             2.724        4
                                                 1.9909       3
                                                 1.9909       3
                                                 1.9909       3
                                                 1.9909       3
    2    Al                  2.316        6
                                                 1.9268       3
                                                 1.9268       3
                                                 1.9268       3
                                                 1.9268       3
                                                 1.9268       3
                                                 1.9268       3
    3    O                   3.264       12
                                                 2.9035       3
                                                 2.9035       3
                                                 2.9035       3
                                                 2.9035       3
                                                 2.9035       3
                                                 2.9035       3
                                                 2.5338       3
                                                 3.2511       3
                                                 2.5338       3
                                                 3.2511       3
                                                 2.5338       3
                                                 3.2511       3

  X-ray diffraction powder data (II),  X-Ray W.L. =   1.54056(angs.):

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

    1   1   1   1  9.386  18.772   0.106   72.28    8        6.6        8.3
    2   2   2   0 15.445  30.89    0.173   25.4    12      154.5     2426.0
    3   3   1   0 17.322  34.644   0.193   19.81   24        0.0        0.0
    4   1   1   3 18.196  36.393   0.203   17.79   24      164.1     3833.1
    5   2   2   2 19.036  38.072   0.212   16.11    8       18.2       14.2
    6   4   0   0 22.124  44.249   0.244   11.52    6      157.3      570.2
    7   3   3   1 24.231  48.461   0.266    9.37   24       53.1      211.7
    8   2   2   4 27.469  54.937   0.299    7.05   24      111.8      704.9
    9   1   1   5 29.291  58.582   0.318    6.09   24      182.6     1626.1
   10   3   3   3 29.291  58.582   0.318    6.09    8       91.4      135.9
   11   4   4   0 32.183  64.365   0.346    4.94   12      325.8     2100.6
   12   5   3   0 33.299  66.598   0.356    4.6    24        0.0        0.0
   13   5   3   1 33.85   67.701   0.362    4.44   48        0.6        0.0
   14   4   4   2 34.397  68.795   0.367    4.29   24       15.2        8.0
   15   6   2   0 36.547  73.095   0.387    3.81   24       87.3      232.4
   16   3   3   5 38.128  76.255   0.401    3.52   24      122.4      422.3
   17   2   2   6 38.649  77.299   0.405    3.44   24       33.4       30.7
   18   4   4   4 40.717  81.434   0.423    3.17    8       88.9       66.9
   19   7   1   0 41.742  83.484   0.432    3.06   24        0.0        0.0
   20   1   1   7 42.253  84.505   0.436    3.02   24       31.6       24.2
   21   5   5   1 42.253  84.505   0.436    3.02   24       30.5       22.5
   22   6   4   2 44.796  89.593   0.457    2.84   48       94.1      402.3


  X-ray diffraction powder data (I)...X-Ray wave length =  1.54056 (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   2   2   0  15.445  30.89   2.89242     2426.0     63.3     63.6     5.6
    2   1   1   3  18.196  36.393  2.46666     3833.1    100.0    100.0     5.7
    3   4   0   0  22.124  44.249  2.04525      570.2     14.9     14.8     5.7
    4   3   3   1  24.231  48.461  1.87685      211.7      5.5      5.5     5.7
    5   2   2   4  27.469  54.937  1.66994      704.9     18.4     18.0     5.8
    6   1   1   5  29.291  58.582  1.57443     1762.0     46.0     44.8     5.8
    7   4   4   0  32.183  64.365  1.44621     2100.6     54.8     52.9     5.9
    8   6   2   0  36.547  73.095  1.29353      232.4      6.1      5.8     6.0
    9   3   3   5  38.128  76.255  1.24759      422.3     11.0     10.4     6.0
   10   4   4   4  40.717  81.434  1.18083       66.9      1.7      1.6     6.1
   11   1   1   7  42.253  84.505  1.14557       46.6      1.2      1.1     6.1
   12   6   4   2  44.796  89.593  1.09323      402.3     10.5      9.6     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)