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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HERCYNITE

11, t-normal spinel, f-oxospinelides, sf-spinel, s-spinel

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


Cubic  * Fd3m  Z = 8

*Fd3m

9 .2 .17

Ref.Str.:

         Lavina B., Cesare B., Alvarez-Valero A.M., Uchida H., Downs R.T.,

         Koneva A., Dera P. (2009)

         * Amer. Mineral., 94, 657-665

         L: $Fe2+0.786 Fe3+0.052 Al1.944 Mg0.206 Ti0.008 V0.004 O4$

         R: Locality - the Anga metamorphic complex,

         Lake Baikal, Russia. Sample 441B.   N.A.D.

                   Initial data from BDM-file 

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

             a =   8.1451   alpha =   90.0 
             b =   8.1451   beta  =   90.0 
             c =   8.1451   gamma =   90.0 

    Unit cell volume (cub. angs.) =   540.37

    Molar volume ( cub.cm/mol.) =    40.69

  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    Fe    = 0.78, Al    = 0.11, Mg    = 0.11
   2 0.5     0.5     0.5      0.0    Al    = 0.92, Fe    = 0.03, Mg    = 0.05, Ti    = 0.01
   3 0.2646  0.2646  0.2646   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     0.2646     0.2646     0.2646
     4       1     0.875      0.875      0.875 
     5       3     0.7354     0.7354     0.7354
     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     0.2354     0.0146     0.5146
    13       3     0.4854     0.9854     0.7646
    14       3     0.5146     0.2354     0.0146
    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     0.7646     0.4854     0.9854
    19       3     0.0146     0.5146     0.2354
    20       3     0.9854     0.7646     0.4854
    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     0.2354     0.5146     0.0146
    25       3     0.9854     0.4854     0.7646
    26       3     0.0146     0.2354     0.5146
    27       3     0.7646     0.9854     0.4854
    28       3     0.5146     0.0146     0.2354
    29       3     0.4854     0.7646     0.9854
    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     0.4854     0.4854     0.2646
    40       3     0.0146     0.7354     0.0146
    41       3     0.7646     0.2646     0.7646
    42       3     0.5146     0.7354     0.5146
    43       3     0.7646     0.7646     0.2646
    44       3     0.7354     0.0146     0.0146
    45       3     0.2646     0.7646     0.7646
    46       3     0.7354     0.5146     0.5146
    47       3     0.9854     0.9854     0.2646
    48       3     0.0146     0.0146     0.7354
    49       3     0.4854     0.2646     0.4854
    50       3     0.2354     0.7354     0.2354
    51       3     0.9854     0.2646     0.9854
    52       3     0.2354     0.2354     0.7354
    53       3     0.2646     0.4854     0.4854
    54       3     0.7354     0.2354     0.2354
    55       3     0.2646     0.9854     0.9854
    56       3     0.5146     0.5146     0.7354


X-ray density (g/cm cub.)   =      4.15

MU (1/cm) =     196.814    Mass attenuation coefficient (cm**2/g) =     47.435

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

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

    1   Fe   ,Al   ,Mg       2.592        4
                                                 1.97         3
                                                 1.97         3
                                                 1.97         3
                                                 1.97         3
    2   Al   ,Fe   ,Mg   ,Ti      2.592        6
                                                 1.9244       3
                                                 1.9244       3
                                                 1.9244       3
                                                 1.9244       3
                                                 1.9244       3
                                                 1.9244       3
    3    O                   3.264       12
                                                 2.8896       3
                                                 2.8896       3
                                                 2.8896       3
                                                 2.8896       3
                                                 2.8896       3
                                                 2.8896       3
                                                 2.5425       3
                                                 3.217        3
                                                 2.5425       3
                                                 3.217        3
                                                 2.5425       3
                                                 3.217        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 10.965  21.93    0.106   52.38    8        6.1        5.4
    2   2   2   0 18.096  36.191   0.174   18.01   12      153.8     1750.3
    3   3   1   0 20.32   40.641   0.194   13.93   24        0.0        0.0
    4   1   1   3 21.359  42.719   0.204   12.46   24      165.9     2819.9
    5   2   2   2 22.359  44.719   0.213   11.24    8       15.7        7.6
    6   4   0   0 26.057  52.114   0.246    7.94    6      156.8      401.4
    7   3   3   1 28.599  57.198   0.268    6.43   24       51.4      139.7
    8   2   2   4 32.547  65.093   0.301    4.83   24      113.8      513.3
    9   1   1   5 34.793  69.587   0.319    4.19   24      181.2     1132.6
   10   3   3   3 34.793  69.587   0.319    4.19    8       96.0      105.9
   11   4   4   0 38.405  76.809   0.347    3.48   12      327.2     1531.1
   12   5   3   0 39.816  79.633   0.358    3.28   24        0.0        0.0
   13   5   3   1 40.517  81.035   0.363    3.19   48        1.6        0.1
   14   4   4   2 41.216  82.431   0.368    3.12   24       13.4        4.6
   15   6   2   0 43.99   87.98    0.388    2.88   24       90.4      193.8


  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   2   2   0  18.096  36.191  2.87973     1750.3     62.1     62.5     5.7
    2   1   1   3  21.359  42.719  2.45584     2819.9    100.0    100.0     5.7
    3   4   0   0  26.057  52.114  2.03627      401.4     14.2     14.1     5.8
    4   3   3   1  28.599  57.198  1.86861      139.7      5.0      4.9     5.8
    5   2   2   4  32.547  65.093  1.66261      513.3     18.2     17.7     5.9
    6   1   1   5  34.793  69.587  1.56753     1238.5     43.9     42.3     5.9
    7   4   4   0  38.405  76.809  1.43986     1531.1     54.3     51.6     6.0
    8   6   2   0  43.99   87.98   1.28785      193.8      6.9      6.4     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)