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Srednyaya Padma mine, Velikaya Guba uran-vanadium deposit, Zaonezhie peninsula, Lake Onega, Karelia Republic, Northern Region, Russia
© Pavel M. Kartashov

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Formula:
ZnCr
 
2
O
 
4
System:IsometricColour:Brown, brownish-grey in ...
Lustre:Sub-MetallicHardness:5½ - 6
Member of:Spinel Group
Name:Named as the zinc analogue of Chromite.


Spinel Group. The zinc analogue of Chromite.

Classification of Zincochromite

IMA status:Approved 1986
Strunz 8th edition ID:4/B.03-60
Nickel-Strunz 10th (pending) edition ID:4.BB.05

4 : OXIDES (Hydroxides, V[5,6] vanadates, arsenites, antimonites, bismuthites, sulfites, selenites, tellurites, iodates)
B : Metal: Oxygen = 3:4 and similar
B : With only medium-sized cations
Dana 8th edition ID:7.2.3.6

7 : MULTIPLE OXIDES
2 : AB2X4
Hey's CIM Ref.:7.14.10

7 : Oxides and Hydroxides
14 : Oxides of Cr
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Type Occurrence of Zincochromite

Type Locality:Srednyaya Padma mine, Velikaya Guba uran-vanadium deposit, Zaonezhie peninsula, Lake Onega, Karelia Republic, Northern Region, Russia
Year of Discovery:1986

Physical Properties of Zincochromite

Lustre:Sub-Metallic
Colour:Brown, brownish-grey in reflected light
Hardness (Mohs):5½ - 6

Crystallography of Zincochromite

Crystal System:Isometric
Cell Parameters:a = 8.32Å
Unit Cell Volume:V 575.93 ų (Calculated from Unit Cell)

Optical Data of Zincochromite

Type:Isotropic

Chemical Properties of Zincochromite

Formula:
ZnCr
 
2
O
 
4
Essential elements:Cr, O, Zn
All elements listed in formula:Cr, O, Zn

Relationship of Zincochromite to other Species

Member of:Spinel Group
Other Members of Group:

- +
Brunogeierite
Fe
2+
2
Ge
4+
 
O
 
4
Chromite
Fe
2+
 
Cr
3+
2
O
 
4
Cochromite
(Co,Ni,Fe)(Cr,Al)
 
2
O
 
4
Coulsonite
Fe
2+
 
V
3+
2
O
 
4
Cuprospinel
Cu
2+
 
Fe
3+
2
O
 
4
Filipstadite
(Mn,Mg)
 
2
(Sb
 
.5
Fe
 
.5
)O
 
4
Franklinite
Zn
2+
 
Fe
3+
2
O
 
4
Gahnite
ZnAl
 
2
O
 
4
Galaxite
(Mn,Fe,Mg)(Al,Fe)
 
2
O
 
4
Hercynite
Fe
2+
 
Al
 
2
O
 
4
Jacobsite
Mn
2+
 
Fe
3+
2
O
 
4
Magnesiochromite
Mg(Cr,Al,Fe)
 
2
O
 
4
Magnesiocoulsonite
MgV
 
2
O
 
4
Magnesioferrite
MgFe
3+
2
O
 
4
Magnetite
Fe
2+
 
Fe
3+
2
O
 
4
Manganochromite
(Mn,Fe)(Cr,V)
 
2
O
 
4
Nichromite
(Ni,Co,Fe)(Cr,Fe,Al)
 
2
O
 
4
Qandilite
(Mg,Fe)
 
2
(Ti,Fe,Al)O
 
4
Spinel
MgAl
 
2
O
 
4
Trevorite
Ni
2+
 
Fe
3+
2
O
 
4
Ulvöspinel
Fe
 
2
TiO
 
4
Vuorelainenite
(Mn,Fe)(V,Cr)
 
2
O
 
4
Related Minerals - Nickel-Strunz Grouping):

- +
4.BB.05Brunogeierite
Fe
2+
2
Ge
4+
 
O
 
4
4.BB.05Chromite
Fe
2+
 
Cr
3+
2
O
 
4
4.BB.05Cochromite
(Co,Ni,Fe)(Cr,Al)
 
2
O
 
4
4.BB.05Coulsonite
Fe
2+
 
V
3+
2
O
 
4
4.BB.05Cuprospinel
Cu
2+
 
Fe
3+
2
O
 
4
4.BB.05Filipstadite
(Mn,Mg)
 
2
(Sb
 
.5
Fe
 
.5
)O
 
4
4.BB.05Franklinite
Zn
2+
 
Fe
3+
2
O
 
4
4.BB.05Gahnite
ZnAl
 
2
O
 
4
4.BB.05Galaxite
(Mn,Fe,Mg)(Al,Fe)
 
2
O
 
4
4.BB.05Hercynite
Fe
2+
 
Al
 
2
O
 
4
4.BB.05Jacobsite
Mn
2+
 
Fe
3+
2
O
 
4
4.BB.05Manganochromite
(Mn,Fe)(Cr,V)
 
2
O
 
4
4.BB.05Magnesiocoulsonite
MgV
 
2
O
 
4
4.BB.05Magnesiochromite
Mg(Cr,Al,Fe)
 
2
O
 
4
4.BB.05Magnesioferrite
MgFe
3+
2
O
 
4
4.BB.05Magnetite
Fe
2+
 
Fe
3+
2
O
 
4
4.BB.05Nichromite
(Ni,Co,Fe)(Cr,Fe,Al)
 
2
O
 
4
4.BB.05Qandilite
(Mg,Fe)
 
2
(Ti,Fe,Al)O
 
4
4.BB.05Spinel
MgAl
 
2
O
 
4
4.BB.05Trevorite
Ni
2+
 
Fe
3+
2
O
 
4
4.BB.05Ulvöspinel
Fe
 
2
TiO
 
4
4.BB.05Vuorelainenite
(Mn,Fe)(V,Cr)
 
2
O
 
4
4.BB.10Hausmannite
MnMn
 
2
O
 
4
4.BB.10Hetaerolite
ZnMn
 
2
O
 
4
4.BB.10Hydrohetaerolite
ZnMn
 
2
O
 
4
 · H
 
2
O
4.BB.10Iwakiite
Mn(Fe,Mn)
 
2
O
 
4
4.BB.15Maghemite
Fe
3+
2
O
 
3
4.BB.15Titanomaghemite
Fe
3+
 
(Fe
3+
 
,Ti
4+
 
,Fe
2+
 
,◻)
 
2
O
 
4
4.BB.20Tegengrenite
(Mg,Mn
2+
 
)
 
2
Sb
5+
0.5
(Mn
3+
 
,Si,Ti)
 
0.5
O
 
4
4.BB.25Xieite
Fe
2+
 
Cr
 
2
O
 
4
Related Minerals - Hey's Index Grouping:

- +
7.14.1Eskolaite
Cr
 
2
O
 
3
7.14.2Bracewellite
CrO(OH)
7.14.3Grimaldiite
CrO(OH)
7.14.4Guyanaite
CrO(OH)
7.14.5Yimengite
K(Cr,Ti,Fe,Mg)
 
12
O
 
19
7.14.6Mathiasite
K(Ti,Cr,Fe,Mg,Zr)
 
21
O
 
38
7.14.7Mcconnellite
CuCrO
 
2
7.14.8Redledgeite
Ba(Ti
4+
6
Cr
3+
2
)O
 
16
7.14.9Hawthorneite
Ba(MgTi
 
3
Cr
 
4
Fe
 
4
)O
 
19
7.14.11Wattersite
(Hg
+
2
)
 
2
Hg
2+
 
(CrO
 
4
)O
 
2
7.14.12Chromite
Fe
2+
 
Cr
3+
2
O
 
4
7.14.13Magnesiochromite
Mg(Cr,Al,Fe)
 
2
O
 
4

Other Names for Zincochromite

Synonyms:
IMA1986-015
Other Languages:
German:Zincochromit
Zinkochromit
Russian:Цинкохромит
Spanish:Zincochromita

Other Information

Health Warning:No information on health risks for this material has been entered into the database. You should always treat mineral specimens with care.

References for Zincochromite

Reference List:

- +
Zapiski Vserossiyskogo Mineralogicheskogo Obshchestva (1987): 116: 367-371.

American Mineralogist (1988): 73: 931-932.

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    • Localities for Zincochromite

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    (TL) indicates type locality. ? indicates mineral may be doubtful at this locality. All other localities listed without reference should be considered as uncertain and unproven until references can be found.
    Australia
     
    • New South Wales
      • Young Co.
    		www.minerals.nsw.gov.au/minfo/62_elinforc.html.
    Ghana
     
    • Western Region
      • Ashanti gold belt
        • Tarkwa
    		The Canadian Mineralogist Vol. 35,p p.587-595(1997)
    Russia
     
    • Northern Region
      • Karelia Republic
        • Lake Onega
          • Zaonezhie peninsula
    		Pekov, I. (1998) Minerals First discovered on the territory of the former Soviet Union 369p. Ocean Pictures, Moscow
    Zapiski Vses. Mineralog. Obshch., 116(3),367-371; The Canadian Mineralogist Vol. 40, pp. 1001-1020 (2002)
      • Komi Republic
        • Prepolar Ural
          • Kozhim River Basin
            • Maldynyrd (Maldy-nyrd) range
    		Pavel M. Kartashov data
    Venezuela
     
    • Bolívar
      • Guaniamo
        • Quebrada Grande River
    		Zdenek Johan and Daniel Ohnenstetter (2010) Zincochromite from the Guaniamo River diamondiferous placers, Venezuela; evidence of its metasomatic origin. The Canadian Mineralogist(April 2010), 48(2):361-374
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