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9 Apr 2024: Strongly pleochroic in reddish brown and pale straw. Often associated with small grains of an opaque accessory mineral, probably magnetite.

9 Apr 2024: Alteration to magnetite and serpentine, particularly along the curving cracks. Cracks across the thin-section, could be due to expansion of the rock as the olivine was altered.

9 Apr 2024: Halite cubic crystal structure with large Cl. -. anions (green) and small Na. cations (yellow). This mineral is commonly known as rock salt. Formula. NaCl. Structure. Non-silicate. Crystal System. Crystal system: cubic. Physical Properties. Colour

9 Apr 2024: Sphene crystal structure, CrystalMaker. Formula. CaTi[SiO. 4. ](O, OH, F). Structure. Orthosilicate. Crystal System. Crystal system: monoclinic (). Physical Properties. Colour in hand specimen: colourless, yellow, green, brown or black. Cleavage: one

9 Apr 2024: Alteration. Zonation. Accessory minerals:. - Sphene. - Magnetite. - Apatite. Rock History.

9 Apr 2024: Alteration to magnetite and serpentine, particularly along the curving cracks. Cracks across the thin-section, could be due to expansion of the rock as the olivine was altered.

9 Apr 2024: Galena crystal structure, with large yellow sulfur and small purple lead symbols. Galena in hand specimen. Formula. PbS. Structure. Non-silicate. Crystal System. Crystal system: cubic. Physical Properties. Colour in hand specimen: lead grey. Streak:

9 Apr 2024: Gypsum single crystal hand specimen, monoclinic symmetry apparent. Milky, opaque gypsum with twinned crystal habit. Gypsum crystal structure showing monoclinic symmetry, CrystalMaker. Formula. CaSO. 4. 2H. 2. 0. Structure. Non-silicate. Crystal

9 Apr 2024: Zircon crystal structure (tetragonal), CrystalMaker. Zircon is a common accessory mineral of many igneous rocks. Pleochroic haloes are formed by damage to the crystal lattice of enclosing minerals by the radioactive decay of elements such as Th and

9 Apr 2024: Garnet (euhedral) in hand specimen. Formula. (Mg,Fe,Ca). 3. Al. 2. Si. 3. O. 12. Structure. Orthosilicate. Crystal System. Crystal system: cubic. Physical Properties. Colour in hand specimen: typically red. Cleavage: none. Hardness: 6-7.5. Optical

9 Apr 2024: Pyrite crystals, with metallic lustre. Pyrite crystals within quartz. Pyrite cubis crystal structure, showing octahedral coordination of Fe by S. Formula. FeS. 2. Structure. Non-silicate. Crystal System. Crystal system: cubic. Physical Properties.

9 Apr 2024: Quartz single crystal, no cleavage, conchoidal fracture. Quartz prisms, vitreous lustre. Quartz prisms (roughly hexagonal habit). Quartz crystal structure (trigonal unit cell), CrystalMaker. Formula. SiO. 2. Structure. Framework silicate. Crystal

9 Apr 2024: Apatite crystal structure, CrystalMaker. Formula. Ca. 5. (PO. 4. ). 3. (OH,F,Cl). Structure. Non-silicate. Crystal System. Crystal system: hexagonal (-). Physical Properties. Colour in hand specimen: green, white, yellow, blue brown etc. Hardness: 5.

9 Apr 2024: Epidote crystal structure. Formula. Ca. 2. Al. 2. O(Al,Fe. 3+. )OH[Si. 2. O. 7. ][SiO. 4. ]. Structure. Orthosilicate. Crystal System. Crystal system: monoclinic (-). Physical Properties. Colour in hand specimen: green. Cleavage: one, perfect.

9 Apr 2024: Olivine hand specimen, no cleavage. Olivine crystal structure, CrystalMaker. Formula. (Mg,Fe). 2. [SiO. 4. ]. Structure. Orthosilicate. Crystal System. Crystal system: orthorhombic () (-). Physical Properties. Colour in hand specimen: pale green.

9 Apr 2024: Single crystal calcite hand specimen. Small calcite crystals growing from a free surface. Milky single crystal of calcite. Calcite crystal structure, CrystalMaker. Formula. CaCO. 3. Structure. Non-silicate. Crystal System. Crystal system: trigonal (-

9 Apr 2024: Chlorite crystal structure, CrystalMaker. Formula. (Mg,Fe. 2+. ,Fe. 3+. ,Mn,Al). 12. [(Si,Al). 8. O. 20. ](OH). 16. Structure. Sheet silicate. Crystal System. Crystal system: monoclinic () (-). Physical Properties. Colour in hand specimen: green.

9 Apr 2024: Dolomite in hand specimen. Dolomite crystal structure, CrystalMaker. Formula. CaMg(CO. 3. ). 2. Structure. Non-silicate. Crystal System. Crystal system: trigonal (-). Physical Properties. Colour in hand specimen: white, often tinged with yellow or

9 Apr 2024: Fluorite crystal hand specimen, purple hue. Fluorite crystal structure (cubic), CrystalMaker. Formula. CaF. 2. Structure. Non-silicate. Crystal System. Crystal system: cubic. Physical Properties. Colour in hand specimen: extremely variable:

Sample goethite magnetite clinochrys. orthopyroxene gof. YL25m 88.1%3.8% <5% 7.11.4% not included 1.342. ... Acta Cryst. A63, 412-417Bragg, W.H. (1915) The structure of magnetite and the spinels.

9 Apr 2024: Anhydrite crystal structure, CrystalMaker. Formula. CaSO. 4. Structure. Non-silicate. Crystal System. Crystal system: orthorhombic (). Physical Properties. Colour in hand specimen: white or colourless when pure. Cleavage: two at 90. Hardness: 3-3.5.

9 Apr 2024: Mica, muscovite. Crystals of muscovite with basal cleavage. Crystals of muscovite, colourless. Muscovite crystal structure (a sheet silicate), CrystalMaker. Formula. K. 2. Al. 4. [Si. 6. Al. 2. O. 20. ](OH,F). 4. Structure. Sheet silicate. Crystal

9 Apr 2024: Serpentine crystal lattice, with sheet silicate structure (CrystalMaker). Serpentine is a common alteration product of olivine, produced by hydration at low temperatures. Formula. Mg. 3. [Si. 2. O. 5. ](OH). 4. Structure. Sheet silicate. Crystal

9 Apr 2024: Tourmaline crystal structure (trigonal), CrystalMaker. Tourmaline is the only common mineral of which boron is an essential constituent. Its presence in a rock, therefore, indicates that the rock contains significant boron. Formula.

9 Apr 2024: Strongly pleochroic in reddish brown and pale straw. Often associated with small grains of an opaque accessory mineral, probably magnetite.

9 Apr 2024: Amphibole (hornblende). Amphibole hand specimen. Amphibole hand specimen. Formula. (Na,K). 0-1. Ca. 2. (Mg,Fe. 2+. ,Fe. 3+. ,Al). 5. Si. 6-7.5. Al. 2-0.5. O. 22. (OH). 2. Structure. Chain silicate. Crystal System. Crystal system: monoclinic () (-).

9 Apr 2024: Plagioclase feldspar. Plagioclase feldspar hand specimen, polycrystalline with opaque, white colour. Plagioclase feldspar with optical schiller. Plagioclase feldspar crystal structure, CrystalMaker. Formula. Na[AlSi. 3. O. 8. ] – Ca[Al. 2. Si. 2.

9 Apr 2024: Orthopyroxene. Orthopyroxene crystal structure, CrystalMaker. Orthopyroxene chemical variability. Enstatite (common in mafic rocks) always has high Mg and low Ca. Formula. (Mg,Fe). 2. Si. 2. O. 6. Structure. Chain silicate. Crystal System. Crystal

18 Dec 2014: Hematite in blue, spinel in black. Figure 6. PXRD spectra for all six compositions of Fe-Al mixed oxides, with magnetite (Fe3O4, spinel structure1) and hematite (Fe2O3, corundum structure5).

9 Apr 2024: Alkali Feldspar. Alkali feldspar hand specimen, pink hue. Alkali feldspar hand specimen, milky white. Simply twinned alkali feldspar in granite. Alkali feldspar unit cell, CrystalMaker. Formula. (K,Na)[AlSi. 3. O. 8. ]. Structure. Framework

16 Oct 2018: Figure 13. (a) Bright field TEM image of the magnetite and steel substrate interface. ... The obtained selected-area diffractionfrom regions ( SA1–SA3) could be indexed as Fe3O4confirming the oxide layer is crystalline magnetite.

9 Apr 2024: Clinopyroxene (augite). Phase diagram deomstrating the chemical compositional range for clinopyroxenes. Formula. (Ca,Mg,Fe. 2+. ,Fe. 3+. ,Ti,Al). 2. [(Si,Al). 2. O. 6. ]. Structure. Chain silicate. Crystal System. Crystal system: monoclinic ().

3 Nov 2023: ii) Calculate the saturation magnetisation of magnetite whose cubic cell has latticeparameter a = 8.39 Å. ... 1.74 106 Am1. (ii) Magnetite is a ferrimagnetic material whose magnetisation is due to the Fe2+ ions inoctahedral sites.

20 Oct 2023: ii) Calculate the saturation magnetisation of magnetite whose cubic cell has latticeparameter a = 8.39 Å.

19 May 2024: Search site. Publications. Uploading Images. Members of the Department can attach an image to a publication by clicking on the title of the publication in the listing below. Please note: all images attached to a publication will be visible on

8 Sep 2023: Thomas-Keprta's discovery of magnetite and carbonate globules in ALH84001. [26] Through the formation. ... Gibson, E.K., McKay, M.F. and Romanek, C.S. (2001). Truncated hexa-octahedral magnetite crystals in.

Supervisor: D Richard. K L Blake - 1988. "The petrology, geochemistry and association to ore formation of the host rocks of the Kiirunavaara magnetite-apatite deposit, Northern Sweden" (1992).

14 Feb 2020: Micromagnetic simulations of isolated and closely-spaced faceted magnetite nanocrystals. Supervisor: Dr Rafal Dunin-Borkowski, rafal.db@msm.cam.ac.uk. ... Nanocrystals of magnetite are responsible for the magnetic properties of naturally occurring

9 Apr 2024: Alteration. Zonation. Accessory minerals:. - Sphene. - Magnetite. - Apatite. Rock History.

9 Apr 2024: Browse Items (264 total). Page. of 27. Sort by:. Compare with phenocryst. Formula Fe3O4 Structure Non-silicate Crystal System Crystal system: cubic Physical Properties Colour in hand specimen: blackStreak: blackCleavage: noneHardness: 7.5-8 Optical

9 Apr 2024: Browse Items (264 total). Page. of 27. Sort by:. Formula (K,Na)[AlSi3O8] Structure Framework silicate Crystal System Crystal system: monoclinic (-) or triclinic () (-) Physical Properties Colour in hand specimen: white or pink Cleavage: two at 90

25 Apr 2024: We also work with Rich Harrison, making 3D reconstructions of magnetite and other nanoparticles, which have interesting magnetic properties as well as being tracers of particulate air pollution.

ResTEM of Magnetite. Nanoparticles. LHRH-SPION Uptake - 37 C for. 3 Hours. •

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10 Apr 2011: Black blotches and streaks indicate magnetite [Fe-(II)Fe(III)2O4], a species of intermediate oxidation.

For example,much of the Fe appears to be in crystalline phases, whichinclude[4] magnetite (Fe3O4).

4 Aug 2010: According to Suda, rust formed on bars embedded in concreteconsists of magnetite (Fe3O4), geothite (αFeO(OH)), lepidocrocite(γFeO(OH)) and amorphous components (Fe(OH)3 and FeOOH).Knowing the percentage, density

23 Jun 2020: No candidate realised that high spin Mn(III) must have a very strong Jahn-Teller distortion and that this would make double exchange less favourable than it is in magnetite.

15 Dec 2021: INQUA SEQS 2021. Conference Proceedings. Wrocław, Poland, 13th December 2021. Quaternary Stratigraphy. – palaeoenvironment and humans in Eurasia. Editorial Board: Urszula Ratajczak-Skrzatek, Oleksandr Kovalchuk & Krzysztof Stefaniak. Cover design:

31 Oct 2011: INQUA–SEQS 2002 Conference. INQUA–SEQS ‘02. UPPER PLIOCENE AND PLEISTOCENE OF THE SOUTHERN URALS REGION AND ITS SIGNIFICANCE FOR CORRELATION. OF THE EASTERN AND WESTERN PARTS OF EUROPE. Volume of Abstracts. Ufa – 2002. INTERNATIONAL UNION