Magnesiocoulsonite Mineral Data

General Magnesiocoulsonite Information

Chemical Formula:

MgV+++2O4

Composition:

Molecular Weight = 190.19 gm

Magnesium 12.78 % Mg 21.19 % MgO

Vanadium 53.57 % V 78.81 % V₂O₃

Oxygen 33.65 % O

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100.00 % 100.00 % = TOTAL OXIDE

Empirical Formula:

MgV³⁺₂O₄

Environment:

An accessory mineral in Cr-V bearing parametamorphic rocks.

IMA Status:

Approved IMA 1995

Locality:

Precambrian Slyudyanka Complex, Slyudyanka, southern Lake Baikal Region, Russia. Link to MinDat.org Location Data.

Name Origin:

Named for its relationship to coulsonite.

Synonym:

ICSD 60412

IMA1994-034

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Magnesiocoulsonite Image

Images:

Magnesiocoulsonite Tremolite

Comments: Black grains of magnesiocoulsonite with green chromian tremolite. Metallic bronze grain of thiospinelid of kalininite-florensovite series is visible in the upper right corner of the image.
Location: Pereval Marble Quarry, Slyudyanka (Sludyanka), Lake Baikal area, Irkutskaya Oblast', Prebaikalia (Pribaikal'e), Eastern-Siberian Region, Russia. Scale: FOV is 3x2 mm.
© Pavel M. Kartashov

Magnesiocoulsonite Crystallography

Cell Dimensions:

a = 8.385, Z = 8; V = 589.53 Den(Calc)= 4.29

Crystal System:

Isometric - Hexoctahedral H-M Symbol (4/m 3 2/m) Space Group: F d3m

$Help on X Ray Diffraction:$ X Ray Diffraction:

By Intensity(I/I_o): 2.52(1), 1.582(0.9), 4.84(0.9),

Physical Properties of Magnesiocoulsonite

Cleavage:

None

Color:

Black.

Density:

4.3

Diaphaneity:

Opaque

Fracture:

Uneven - Flat surfaces (not cleavage) fractured in an uneven pattern.

Habit:

Disseminated - Occurs in small, distinct particles dispersed in matrix.

Hardness:

6-6.5 - Orthoclase-Pyrite

Luster:

Metallic

Streak:

black

Optical Properties of Magnesiocoulsonite

Optical Data:

Isotropic.

NCalc= 2.13 - from Gladstone-Dale relationship (KC = 0.2623) where Ncalc=Dcalc*KC+1
NCalc= 2.13 - from Gladstone-Dale relationship (KC = 0.2623) where Ncalc=Dmeas*KC+1

RL Color:

Light gray.

Reflectivity

**Standardized Intensity (100%) Reflection Spectra of Magnesiocoulsonite in Air**
λ	R	∑ R(λ)
400 nm	14.30
420 nm	14.20
440 nm	14.10
460 nm	14.00
480 nm	13.90
500 nm	13.80
520 nm	13.80
540 nm	13.70
560 nm	13.70
580 nm	13.70
600 nm	13.70
620 nm	13.70
640 nm	13.70
660 nm	13.80
680 nm	13.80
700 nm	13.70

**Calculated Relative Intensity Colors of Magnesiocoulsonite in Air**
Relative Intensity	0%	70%	100%	140%	210%	280%	350%	420%	490%	560%	630%	640%
R

Calculated Properties of Magnesiocoulsonite

Electron Density:

Bulk Density (Electron Density)=4.06 gm/cc
note: Specific Gravity of Magnesiocoulsonite =4.29 gm/cc.

Fermion Index:

Fermion Index = 0.01
Boson Index = 0.99

Photoelectric:

PE_{Magnesiocoulsonite}= 10.62 barns/electron
U=PE_{Magnesiocoulsonite} x rElectron Density= 43.10 barns/cc.

Radioactivity:

GRapi = 0 (Gamma Ray American Petroleum Institute Units)
Magnesiocoulsonite is Not Radioactive

Magnesiocoulsonite Classification

Dana Class:

07.02.04.03 (07)Multiple Oxides

(07.02)(A+ B++)2 X4 Spinel group

(07.02.04)(Vanadium subgroup)

07.02.04.01 Vuorelainenite (Mn,Fe)(V,Cr)2O4 F d3m 4/m 3 2/m

07.02.04.02 Coulsonite FeV2O4 F d3m 4/m 3 2/m

07.02.04.03 Magnesiocoulsonite MgV2O4 F d3m 4/m 3 2/m

Strunz Class:

04.BB.05 04 - OXIDES (Hydroxides, V[5,6] vanadates, arsenites, antimonites, bismuthites, sulfites, selenites, tellurites, iodate

04.B - Metal:Oxygen = 3:4 and similar

04.BB -With only medium-sized cations

04.BB.05 Cochromite (Co,Ni,Fe)(Cr,Al)2O4 F d3m 4/m 3 2/m

04.BB.05 Filipstadite (Mn,Mg)4SbFeO8 pseudo ISO 2/m 2/m 2/m

04.BB.05 Magnetite FeFe2O4 F d3m 4/m 3 2/m

04.BB.05 Gahnite ZnAl2O4 F d3m 4/m 3 2/m

04.BB.05 Chromite FeCr2O4 F d3m 4/m 3 2/m

04.BB.05 Galaxite (Mn,Mg)(Al,Fe)2O4 F d3m 4/m 3 2/m

04.BB.05 Cuprospinel (Cu,Mg)Fe2O4 F d3m 4/m 3 2/m

04.BB.05 Donathite? (Fe,Mg)(Cr,Fe)2O4 P 4/nnm 4/m 2/m 2/m

04.BB.05 Brunogeierite (Ge,Fe)Fe2O4 F d3m 4/m 3 2/m

04.BB.05 Coulsonite FeV2O4 F d3m 4/m 3 2/m

04.BB.05 Hercynite FeAl2O4 F d3m 4/m 3 2/m

04.BB.05 Franklinite (Zn,Mn,Fe)(Fe,Mn)2O4 F d3m 4/m 3 2/m

04.BB.05 Jacobsite (Mn,Fe,Mg)(Fe,Mn)2O4 F d3m 4/m 3 2/m

04.BB.05 Magnesiochromite MgCr2O4 F d3m 4/m 3 2/m

04.BB.05 Magnesioferrite MgFe2O4 F d3m 4/m 3 2/m

04.BB.05 Magnesiocoulsonite MgV2O4 F d3m 4/m 3 2/m

04.BB.05 Manganochromite (Mn,Fe)(Cr,V)2O4 F d3m 4/m 3 2/m

04.BB.05 Qandilite (Mg,Fe)2(Ti,Fe,Al)O4 F d3m 4/m 3 2/m

04.BB.05 Nichromite (Ni,Co,Fe)(Cr,Fe,Al)2O4 F d3m 4/m 3 2/m

04.BB.05 Spinel MgAl2O4 F d3m 4/m 3 2/m

04.BB.05 Ulvospinel TiFe2O4 F d3m 4/m 3 2/m

04.BB.05 Zincochromite ZnCr2O4 F d3m 4/m 3 2/m

04.BB.05 Trevorite NiFe2O4 F d3m 4/m 3 2/m

04.BB.05 Vuorelainenite (Mn,Fe)(V,Cr)2O4 F d3m 4/m 3 2/m

Other Magnesiocoulsonite Information

References:

NAME( MinRec) PHYS. PROP.(Am.Min.,Vol.81,p1283,1996) OPTIC PROP.(AntBidBlaNic3)

See Also:

Links to other databases for Magnesiocoulsonite :
1 - Am. Min. Crystal Structure Database
2 - Athena
3 - GeoScienceWorld
4 - Google Images
5 - Google Scholar
6 - Handbook of Mineralogy (MinSocAm)
7 - Handbook of Mineralogy (UofA)
8 - MinDAT
9 - Mineralienatlas (Deutsch)
10 - Online Mineral Museum
11 - QUT Mineral Atlas
12 - Ruff.Info

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Magnesiocoulsonite

MgV+++2O4
Dana No: 07.02.04.03 Strunz No: 04.BB.05
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