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Chromspinel
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A variety of Spinel
A chromian variety of spinel containing a large proportion of Cr in substitution for Al. Compare magnesiochromite, the Mg-Cr end-member.
A chromian variety of spinel containing a large proportion of Cr in substitution for Al. Compare magnesiochromite, the Mg-Cr end-member.
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Chemical Properties of Chromspinel | ||||||||||||||
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| Essential elements: | Al, Mg, O | |||||||||||||
| All elements listed in formula: | Al, Cr, Mg, O | |||||||||||||
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| 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 Chromspinel | ||||||||||||||
| Reference List: - + | Palache, Charles, Harry Berman & Clifford Frondel (1944), The System of Mineralogy of James Dwight Dana and Edward Salisbury Dana Yale University 1837-1892, Volume I: Elements, Sulfides, Sulfosalts, Oxides. John Wiley and Sons, Inc., New York. 7th edition, revised and enlarged: 692. Osborne, M.D., Fleet, M.E., and Bancroft, G.M. (1981) Fe 2+ - Fe 3+ ordering in chromite and Cr-bearing spinels. Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology: 77: 251-255. Votyakov, S.L., Chashchukhin, I.S., Uimin, S.G., and Bykov, V.N. (1998) Oxygen thermometry and barometry of chromite-bearing ultramafic rocks, examples from the South Urals: I. Mössbauer Spectroscopy of chrome spinels and the problems of olivine-spinel thermometry. Geochemistry International: 36: 706-716. Quintiliani, M., Andreozzi, G.B., and Graziani, G. (2006) Fe 2+ and Fe 3+ quantification by different approaches and fO2 estimation for Alabanian Cr-spinels. American Mineralogist: 91: 907-916. | |||||||||||||
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Locality Updated: Arandis Tin Mine, Arandis, Swakopmund District, Erongo Region, NamibiaFrom Debbie Woolf, 23rd May 2013 22:19:58

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