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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:

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

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).

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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: 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

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 ().

9 Jul 2024: 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.

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

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.

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