Magnetite

Image

Magnetite specimen from Cerro Huañaquino, Potosí Department, Bolivia

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Properties

Formula FeIIFeIII2O4
Abbreviation Mag
Classifications Spinel (subgroup), Iron(II,III) oxide
Member Titanomagnetite
Luminescence emitter Intrinsic
IMA Status Grandfathered (pre-IMA), 1845
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Tags Mineral, Mixed oxide

Composition

Element Atoms
Fe 3
O 4
Total: 7

Reference

Reference Lines Spectra Images
Balberg & Pankove 1971 2 0 0