Bacaferrite

BaCaFe4O8
IMA status
  • Approved
  • Pending publication
IMA symbol
Bcf
Also known as
  • Bacaferriet
  • Bacaferritt

Where it forms, where it's found

Type locality
Ye’elim Mount
  1. Tamar Regional Council
  2. Beersheba Subdistrict
  3. Southern District
  4. Israel

31.2424°, 35.2787°

1recorded occurrences
Source · OpenStreetMap

Crystallography

Crystal system
Trigonal
Space group
P-3 1m
Cell parameters
a = 5.3839(4) Å · c = 7.6693(6) Å

Chemical composition

Constituent elements
Mass composition breakdown
ElementAtoms At. mass g/mol Mass g/molMass share
26FeIronIron455.845223.380
42.24%
56BaBariumBarium1137.327137.327
25.97%
8OOxygenOxygen815.999127.992
24.21%
20CaCalciumCalcium140.07840.078
7.58%
Total528.777100.00%

Mass share = atoms × atomic mass ÷ molar mass × 100

From Mindat formula

Synonyms

  • Bacaferriet
  • Bacaferritt

In other languages

German
Bacaferrit

Classification

Strunz
10th ed.

4.BC.40

  • 4OxidesClass
  • 4.BMetal: Oxygen = 3:4 and similarDivision
  • 4.BCWith medium-sized and large cationsGroup
  • 4.BC.40BacaferriteSpecies

Literature, links & citation

Citations
  1. Galuskin, E. V., Vapnik, Y., Książek, M., Kusz, J., Zieliński, G., and Galuskina, I. O.: Bacaferrite, IMA 2023-109, in: CNMNC Newsletter 78, Eur. J. Mineral., 36, https://doi.org/10.5194/ejm-36-361-2024, 2024.
Cite this entry
@misc{mineral2026,
  author    = {Mineral Index editorial board},
  title     = {Bacaferrite — Mineral Index},
  year      = {2026},
  url       = {https://mineralindex.org/minerals/bacaferrite-471054},
  note      = {Accessed 2026-05-11}
}