Upper mantle oxidation state: Ferric iron contents of Iherzolite spinels by 57Fe Mössbauer spectroscopy and resultant oxygen fugacities

BJ Wood, D Virgo - Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, 1989 - Elsevier
The ferric iron contents of spinels from 30 spinel Iherzolite xenoliths have been measured by
57 Fe Mössbauer spectroscopy. The samples are widely dispersed in geographic and …

An internally consistent model for the thermodynamic properties of Fe− Mg-titanomagnetite-aluminate spinels

RO Sack, MS Ghiorso - Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology, 1991 - Springer
A model is developed for the thermodynamic properties of Fe 2+− Mg 2+-aluminate-titanate-
ferrite spinels of space group Fd3m. The model incorporates an expression for the …

Temperature dependence of the cation distribution in zinc ferrite (ZnFe2O4) from powder XRD structural refinements

HSC O'Neill - European Journal of Mineralogy, 1992 - research.monash.edu
Abstract Zinc ferrite (ZnFe 2 O 4) has the cubic spinel structure with an (approximately)
normal cation distribution. It was synthesised by direct reaction of the oxides at 800 C, and …

Oxidation during metasomatism in ultramafic xenoliths from the Wesselton kimberlite, South Africa: implications for the survival of diamond

CA McCammon, WL Griffin, SR Shee… - … to Mineralogy and …, 2001 - Springer
Garnets in xenoliths from the Wesselton kimberlite show significant zoning in major and
trace elements. The garnets were studied using room temperature Mössbauer spectroscopy …

Detrital chromian spinel compositions used to reconstruct the tectonic setting of provenance; implications for orogeny in the Canadian Cordillera

HO Cookenboo, RM Bustin… - Journal of …, 1997 - pubs.geoscienceworld.org
Detrital chromian spinel is an important accessory mineral in chert and volcanic lithic
sandstones from the northern Bowser Basin. Microprobe analyses show that Bowser Basin …

Critical assessment and thermodynamic modeling of the Al-Fe-O system

D Shishin, V Prostakova, E Jak, SA Decterov - Metallurgical and Materials …, 2016 - Springer
A complete literature review, critical evaluation, and thermodynamic modeling of the phase
diagrams and thermodynamic properties of phases in the Al-Fe-O system at 1 atm total …

Ferric iron in the upper mantle and in transition zone assemblages: implications for relative oxygen fugacities in the mantle

HSC O'Neill, DC Rubie, D Canil… - Evolution of the …, 1993 - Wiley Online Library
If in lower mantle assemblages Fe347X, Fe is similar in coexisting perovskite and
magnesiowlistite such that the magnesiowlistite has the same Fe3+/E, Fe as that estimated …

Temperature-dependent disorder in a natural Mg-Al-Fe2+-Fe3+-spinel

A Della Giusta, S Carbonin, G Ottonello - Mineralogical Magazine, 1996 - cambridge.org
A natural Mg-Al-Fe spinel from the Balmuccia peridotite (Italian Western Alps) was annealed
at T between 650 and 1150° C, under controlled oxygen activity, and quenched in H2O …

X-ray powder diffraction profile refinement of synthetic hercynite

RJ Hill - American Mineralogist, 1984 - pubs.geoscienceworld.org
A full profile X-ray powder diffraction structure refinement has been completed on a sample
of synthetic hercynite, FeAl2O4, using graphite monochromatized Cu Kα step-scan data (2 θ …

Martian Dunite NWA 2737: Petrographic constraints on geological history, shock events, and olivine color

AH Treiman, MD Dyar, M McCanta… - Journal of …, 2007 - Wiley Online Library
Meteorite Northwest Africa (NWA) 2737 is the second known chassignite, an olivine‐rich
igneous rock with mineral compositions and isotopic ratios that suggest it formed on Mars …