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

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

MnAl(2)O(4)


Cubic  F d3m  Z = 8

Fd3m

14 .4 .1994

Ref.Str.:

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

         * Acta Cryst., B40, 96-102

Ref.Composition & Lattice:

         Povarennih A.S. (1966)

         * Kristallohim. klassif. miner. vidov

Reserv:

         The coordinates of atoms are from spinel. N.A.D.

                   Initial data from BDM-file 

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

             a =   8.29     alpha =   90.0 
             b =   8.29     beta  =   90.0 
             c =   8.29     gamma =   90.0 

    Unit cell volume (cub. angs.) =   569.72

    Molar volume ( cub.cm/mol.) =    42.9 

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

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

   1 0.0     0.0     0.0      0.56   Mn    = 1.00
   2 0.625   0.625   0.625    0.61   Al    = 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     0.0        0.0        0.0   
     2       2     0.625      0.625      0.625 
     3       3     0.3873     0.3873     0.3873
     4       1     0.75       0.75       0.25  
     5       1     0.0        0.5        0.5   
     6       1     0.25       0.75       0.75  
     7       2     0.125      0.375      0.875 
     8       2     0.375      0.875      0.125 
     9       2     0.875      0.125      0.375 
    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     0.75       0.25       0.75  
    14       1     0.5        0.0        0.5   
    15       2     0.125      0.875      0.375 
    16       2     0.875      0.375      0.125 
    17       2     0.375      0.125      0.875 
    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     0.25       0.25       0.25  
    22       1     0.5        0.5        0.0   
    23       2     0.375      0.375      0.625 
    24       2     0.375      0.625      0.375 
    25       2     0.125      0.625      0.125 
    26       2     0.875      0.625      0.875 
    27       2     0.125      0.125      0.625 
    28       2     0.625      0.375      0.375 
    29       2     0.625      0.125      0.125 
    30       2     0.625      0.875      0.875 
    31       2     0.875      0.875      0.625 
    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.)   =      4.03

MU (1/cm) =     443.251    Mass attenuation coefficient (cm**2/g) =    109.984

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

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

    1    Mn                  2.724        4
                                                 1.9714       3
                                                 1.9714       3
                                                 1.9714       3
                                                 1.9714       3
    2    Al                  2.316        6
                                                 1.9758       3
                                                 1.9758       3
                                                 1.9758       3
                                                 1.9758       3
                                                 1.9758       3
                                                 1.9758       3
    3    O                   3.264       12
                                                 2.938        3
                                                 2.938        3
                                                 2.938        3
                                                 2.938        3
                                                 2.6426       3
                                                 3.2194       3
                                                 2.6426       3
                                                 2.6426       3
                                                 2.938        3
                                                 3.2194       3
                                                 3.2194       3
                                                 2.938        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  9.261  18.523   0.104   74.29    8        6.9        8.6
    2   2   2   0 15.237  30.474   0.171   26.15   12      158.3     2421.6
    3   1   1   3 17.949  35.898   0.2     18.33   24      168.7     3855.5
    4   2   2   2 18.776  37.552   0.209   16.6     8       20.2       16.7
    5   4   0   0 21.818  43.637   0.241   11.88    6      147.9      480.2
    6   3   3   1 23.892  47.784   0.263    9.68   24       50.2      180.3
    7   4   2   0 24.553  49.106   0.27     9.1    24        0.0        0.0
    8   2   2   4 27.078  54.155   0.295    7.28   24      115.0      711.9
    9   1   1   5 28.869  57.738   0.313    6.29   24      170.1     1346.2
   10   3   3   3 28.869  57.738   0.313    6.29    8      100.9      157.9
   11   4   4   0 31.71   63.42    0.341    5.11   12      315.2     1875.8
   12   5   3   1 33.347  66.693   0.357    4.58   48        6.2        2.6
   13   4   4   2 33.883  67.766   0.362    4.43   24        8.9        2.6
   14   6   2   0 35.991  71.982   0.381    3.92   24       89.9      234.2
   15   3   3   5 37.539  75.077   0.396    3.62   24      115.2      355.7
   16   2   2   6 38.049  76.099   0.4      3.54   24       26.7       18.7
   17   4   4   4 40.072  80.143   0.418    3.25    8       79.0       50.0
   18   1   1   7 41.572  83.144   0.431    3.08   24       27.6       17.3
   19   5   5   1 41.572  83.144   0.431    3.08   24       16.9        6.5
   20   6   4   0 42.07   84.139   0.435    3.03   24        0.0        0.0
   21   6   4   2 44.053  88.106   0.451    2.88   48       86.0      315.0


  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  15.237  30.474  2.93096     2421.6     62.8     63.1     5.6
    2   1   1   3  17.949  35.898  2.49953     3855.5    100.0    100.0     5.7
    3   4   0   0  21.818  43.637  2.0725       480.2     12.5     12.4     5.7
    4   3   3   1  23.892  47.784  1.90186      180.3      4.7      4.6     5.7
    5   2   2   4  27.078  54.155  1.69219      711.9     18.5     18.1     5.8
    6   1   1   5  28.869  57.738  1.59541     1504.1     39.0     38.0     5.8
    7   4   4   0  31.71   63.42   1.46548     1875.8     48.7     47.0     5.9
    8   6   2   0  35.991  71.982  1.31076      234.2      6.1      5.8     5.9
    9   3   3   5  37.539  75.077  1.26421      355.7      9.2      8.7     6.0
   10   4   4   4  40.072  80.143  1.19656       50.0      1.3      1.2     6.0
   11   6   4   2  44.053  88.106  1.1078       315.0      8.2      7.5     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)