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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MAGNESIOCHROMITE

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

MgCr(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., B 40, 96-102

                   Initial data from BDM-file 

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

             a =   8.333    alpha =   90.0 
             b =   8.333    beta  =   90.0 
             c =   8.333    gamma =   90.0 

    Unit cell volume (cub. angs.) =   578.63

    Molar volume ( cub.cm/mol.) =    43.57

  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   Mg    = 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.)   =      4.41

MU (1/cm) =     968.658    Mass attenuation coefficient (cm**2/g) =    219.489

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

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

    1    Cr                  2.628        6
                                                 1.9861       3
                                                 1.9861       3
                                                 1.9861       3
                                                 1.9861       3
                                                 1.9861       3
                                                 1.9861       3
    2    Mg                  2.52         4
                                                 1.9817       3
                                                 1.9817       3
                                                 1.9817       3
                                                 1.9817       3
    3    O                   3.264       12
                                                 2.9533       3
                                                 2.9533       3
                                                 2.9533       3
                                                 2.9533       3
                                                 2.6563       3
                                                 3.2361       3
                                                 2.6563       3
                                                 2.6563       3
                                                 2.9533       3
                                                 3.2361       3
                                                 3.2361       3
                                                 2.9533       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 10.715  21.429   0.104   54.96    8      140.0     2575.6
    2   2   2   0 17.674  35.348   0.17    18.96   12       76.6      398.7
    3   1   1   3 20.855  41.71    0.199   13.15   24      184.5     3207.7
    4   2   2   2 21.829  43.658   0.208   11.87    8      117.6      392.6
    5   4   0   0 25.427  50.854   0.24     8.4     6      342.5     1765.5
    6   3   3   1 27.897  55.794   0.262    6.8    24       55.7      151.5
    7   4   2   0 28.688  57.376   0.268    6.38   24        0.0        0.0
    8   2   2   4 31.726  63.451   0.294    5.1    24       54.4      108.1
    9   1   1   5 33.901  67.801   0.312    4.43   24      179.7     1024.7
   10   3   3   3 33.901  67.801   0.312    4.43    8      111.0      130.3
   11   4   4   0 37.388  74.775   0.339    3.65   12      353.8     1637.3
   12   5   3   1 39.422  78.844   0.355    3.33   48       75.0      268.5
   13   4   4   2 40.094  80.187   0.36     3.24   24        8.9        1.8
   14   6   2   0 42.756  85.512   0.379    2.97   24       41.0       35.8
   15   3   3   5 44.738  89.477   0.393    2.84   24      121.5      300.8


  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   1   1   1  10.715  21.429  4.81106     2575.6     80.3     81.7     5.6
    2   2   2   0  17.674  35.348  2.94616      398.7     12.4     12.5     5.7
    3   1   1   3  20.855  41.71   2.51249     3207.7    100.0    100.0     5.7
    4   2   2   2  21.829  43.658  2.40553      392.6     12.2     12.2     5.7
    5   4   0   0  25.427  50.854  2.08325     1765.5     55.0     54.5     5.8
    6   3   3   1  27.897  55.794  1.91172      151.5      4.7      4.6     5.8
    7   2   2   4  31.726  63.451  1.70097      108.1      3.4      3.3     5.9
    8   1   1   5  33.901  67.801  1.60369     1155.1     36.0     34.8     5.9
    9   4   4   0  37.388  74.775  1.47308     1637.3     51.0     48.6     6.0
   10   5   3   1  39.422  78.844  1.40853      268.5      8.4      7.9     6.0
   11   6   2   0  42.756  85.512  1.31756       35.8      1.1      1.0     6.1
   12   3   3   5  44.738  89.477  1.27077      300.8      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)