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Magnetite/titanomagnetite/maghemite data within the Rock Magnetic Bestiary

Import packages

-W- cartopy is not installed
    If you want to make maps, install using conda:
    conda install cartopy
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-I- Getting method codes from earthref.org
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Tabulate specimens and experiments

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maghemite

maghemite_AA_ 39951-01

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magnetite

magnetite_Wright 041183-02

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magnetite_Wright 041183-k(T)-01

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magnetite_Wright 112978-01

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magnetite_Wright 112978-k(T)-01

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magnetite_Wright 112982-01

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magnetite_Wright 112982-k(T)-01

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magnetite_Wright 112982-k(T)-02

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magnetite_Wright 3006-01

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magnetite_Wright 3006-k(T)-01

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magnetite_Wright 3006-k(T)-02

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magnetite_Wright 4000-01

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magnetite_Wright 5000-01

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titanomagnetite

titanomagnetite_TM16BJW

Two specimens of this sample are plotted together:

  • titanomagnetite_TM16BJW-01

  • titanomagnetite_TM16BJW-02

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Curie temperature estimation

Curie temperatures for the bestiary samples can be estimated with multiple methods using rmag.curie_temperature_estimates. The methods, their physical basis, and their systematic biases are detailed in the Curie temperature estimation notebook; in brief, estimates from different methods differ systematically (the maximum-curvature and two-tangent values lie above the inflection-point Curie temperature; the inverse-susceptibility method yields the paramagnetic Curie temperature θ≥Tc\theta \geq T_c), so the method is part of the result.

Wright magnetite 112982-k(T)-02: high-temperature χ\chi-T

The Kappabridge susceptibility experiment passes fully through the Curie temperature of magnetite. The heating-branch inflection and maximum-curvature estimates bracket the accepted magnetite value of 580 °C.

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TM50: an in-field M(T) curve that ends below TcT_c

The MPMS in-field magnetization curve for TM50 spans 20–300 K, reaching only ~60% of the Curie temperature expected for this composition (Tc≈T_c \approx 480 K; Lattard et al., 2006). Extrapolating such a curve with the Landau/Moskowitz approach fails informatively: the fitted TcT_c is unconstrained and the formal uncertainty says so. This failure mode is discussed in the Curie temperature estimation notebook.

extrapolated Tc: 1671 ± 10637 K (expected ~480 K) — unconstrained, as the uncertainty indicates

TM78: a Curie transition within the MPMS window

For titanomagnetite compositions with x ≳\gtrsim 0.75 the Curie temperature falls below room temperature, so low-temperature susceptibility measurements capture the entire transition. The TM78 susceptibility collapses near 265 K.

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