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

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

(Mn,Mg,Fe)(Al,Fe,Mn)(2)O(4)


Cubic  * Fd3m  Z = 8

*Fd3m

6 .9 .1907

Ref.Str.:

         Lucchesi S., Russo U., Della Giusta A. (1997)

         * Eur. J. Mineral., 9, 31-42

Reserv:

         N.A.D.

                   Initial data from BDM-file 

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

             a =   8.2226   alpha =   90.0 
             b =   8.2226   beta  =   90.0 
             c =   8.2226   gamma =   90.0 

    Unit cell volume (cub. angs.) =   555.94

    Molar volume ( cub.cm/mol.) =    41.86

  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    = 0.66, Fe    = 0.22, Mg    = 0.12
   2 0.5     0.5     0.5      0.0    Al    = 0.88, Mn    = 0.08, Fe    = 0.04
   3 0.2652  0.2652  0.2652   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     0.2652     0.2652     0.2652
     4       1     0.875      0.875      0.875 
     5       3     0.7348     0.7348     0.7348
     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     0.2348     0.0152     0.5152
    13       3     0.4848     0.9848     0.7652
    14       3     0.5152     0.2348     0.0152
    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     0.7652     0.4848     0.9848
    19       3     0.0152     0.5152     0.2348
    20       3     0.9848     0.7652     0.4848
    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     0.2348     0.5152     0.0152
    25       3     0.9848     0.4848     0.7652
    26       3     0.0152     0.2348     0.5152
    27       3     0.7652     0.9848     0.4848
    28       3     0.5152     0.0152     0.2348
    29       3     0.4848     0.7652     0.9848
    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     0.4848     0.4848     0.2652
    40       3     0.0152     0.7348     0.0152
    41       3     0.7652     0.2652     0.7652
    42       3     0.5152     0.7348     0.5152
    43       3     0.7652     0.7652     0.2652
    44       3     0.7348     0.0152     0.0152
    45       3     0.2652     0.7652     0.7652
    46       3     0.7348     0.5152     0.5152
    47       3     0.9848     0.9848     0.2652
    48       3     0.0152     0.0152     0.7348
    49       3     0.4848     0.2652     0.4848
    50       3     0.2348     0.7348     0.2348
    51       3     0.9848     0.2652     0.9848
    52       3     0.2348     0.2348     0.7348
    53       3     0.2652     0.4848     0.4848
    54       3     0.7348     0.2348     0.2348
    55       3     0.2652     0.9848     0.9848
    56       3     0.5152     0.5152     0.7348


X-ray density (g/cm cub.)   =      4.18

MU (1/cm) =     497.507    Mass attenuation coefficient (cm**2/g) =    118.948

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

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

    1   Mn   ,Fe   ,Mg       2.724        4
                                                 1.9967       3
                                                 1.9967       3
                                                 1.9967       3
                                                 1.9967       3
    2   Al   ,Mn   ,Fe       2.724        6
                                                 1.9387       3
                                                 1.9387       3
                                                 1.9387       3
                                                 1.9387       3
                                                 1.9387       3
                                                 1.9387       3
    3    O                   3.264       12
                                                 2.9179       3
                                                 2.9179       3
                                                 2.9179       3
                                                 2.9179       3
                                                 2.9179       3
                                                 2.9179       3
                                                 2.5536       3
                                                 3.2606       3
                                                 2.5536       3
                                                 3.2606       3
                                                 2.5536       3
                                                 3.2606       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  9.338  18.676   0.105   73.04    8       15.1       42.9
    2   2   2   0 15.365  30.729   0.172   25.69   12      153.9     2363.4
    3   3   1   0 17.232  34.463   0.192   20.04   24        0.0        0.0
    4   1   1   3 18.101  36.202   0.202   18.0    24      171.6     4116.1
    5   2   2   2 18.936  37.872   0.211   16.3     8        4.3        0.8
    6   4   0   0 22.007  44.013   0.243   11.65    6      172.1      670.4
    7   3   3   1 24.1    48.201   0.265    9.49   24       46.2      156.9
    8   2   2   4 27.318  54.636   0.298    7.13   24      111.9      693.2
    9   1   1   5 29.128  58.257   0.316    6.17   24      187.8     1689.0
   10   3   3   3 29.128  58.257   0.316    6.17    8       97.7      152.3
   11   4   4   0 32.0    64.001   0.344    5.01   12      337.4     2212.5
   12   5   3   0 33.109  66.218   0.355    4.65   24        0.0        0.0
   13   5   3   1 33.656  67.312   0.36     4.49   48        5.7        2.3
   14   4   4   2 34.199  68.398   0.365    4.35   24       14.8        7.4
   15   6   2   0 36.333  72.666   0.385    3.85   24       87.4      228.5
   16   3   3   5 37.9    75.801   0.399    3.56   24      126.7      443.6
   17   2   2   6 38.418  76.836   0.403    3.48   24       41.4       46.2
   18   4   4   4 40.468  80.936   0.421    3.2     8       99.1       81.3
   19   7   1   0 41.484  82.967   0.43     3.09   24        0.0        0.0
   20   1   1   7 41.99   83.979   0.434    3.04   24       26.9       17.0
   21   5   5   1 41.99   83.979   0.434    3.04   24       34.7       28.4
   22   6   4   2 44.509  89.019   0.455    2.85   48       93.4      386.8


  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   1   1   1   9.338  18.676  4.74732       42.9      1.0      1.1     5.6
    2   2   2   0  15.365  30.729  2.90713     2363.4     57.4     57.7     5.6
    3   1   1   3  18.101  36.202  2.47921     4116.1    100.0    100.0     5.7
    4   4   0   0  22.007  44.013  2.05565      670.4     16.3     16.2     5.7
    5   3   3   1  24.1    48.201  1.88639      156.9      3.8      3.8     5.7
    6   2   2   4  27.318  54.636  1.67843      693.2     16.8     16.5     5.8
    7   1   1   5  29.128  58.257  1.58244     1841.4     44.7     43.6     5.8
    8   4   4   0  32.0    64.001  1.45356     2212.5     53.8     51.9     5.9
    9   6   2   0  36.333  72.666  1.30011      228.5      5.6      5.3     6.0
   10   3   3   5  37.9    75.801  1.25393      443.6     10.8     10.2     6.0
   11   2   2   6  38.418  76.836  1.2396        46.2      1.1      1.1     6.0
   12   4   4   4  40.468  80.936  1.18683       81.3      2.0      1.8     6.1
   13   5   5   1  41.99   83.979  1.15139       45.4      1.1      1.0     6.1
   14   6   4   2  44.509  89.019  1.09879      386.8      9.4      8.6     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)