Magnetite belongs to the space group Fd3m and has an inverse spinel structure with the general stoichiometry AB 2 O 4 (Bragg, 1915, Fleet, 1981), where A represents a divalent cation such as Mg, Fe 2 +, Ni, Mn, Co, or Zn, and B represents a trivalent cation such as Al, Fe 3 +, Cr, V, Mn, or Ga (Lindsley, 1976a, Wechsler et al., …