Chrome-bearing Grossular
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About Chrome-bearing Grossular
Formula:
Ca3(Al,Cr3+)2(SiO4)3
Colour:
Green
A variety of Grossular
Chrome-bearing rather than chromian- is the preferred name recommended by the IMA (Bayliss et al. 2005).
Green chrome-rich variety of Grossular, often confused withuvarovite.
Chrome-bearing rather than chromian- is the preferred name recommended by the IMA (Bayliss et al. 2005).
Green chrome-rich variety of Grossular, often confused with
Physical Properties of Chrome-bearing Grossular
Colour:
Green
Chemical Properties of Chrome-bearing Grossular
Formula:
Ca3(Al,Cr3+)2(SiO4)3
Synonyms of Chrome-bearing Grossular
Common Associates
Associated Minerals Based on Photo Data:
| Diopside | 20 photos of Chrome-bearing Grossular associated with Diopside on mindat.org. |
| Pectolite | 3 photos of Chrome-bearing Grossular associated with Pectolite on mindat.org. |
| Clinochlore | 3 photos of Chrome-bearing Grossular associated with Clinochlore on mindat.org. |
| Heazlewoodite | 2 photos of Chrome-bearing Grossular associated with Heazlewoodite on mindat.org. |
| Allanite | 1 photo of Chrome-bearing Grossular associated with Allanite on mindat.org. |
| Albite | 1 photo of Chrome-bearing Grossular associated with Albite on mindat.org. |
| Millerite | 1 photo of Chrome-bearing Grossular associated with Millerite on mindat.org. |
Other Information
Health Risks:
No information on health risks for this material has been entered into the database. You should always treat mineral specimens with care.
Internet Links for Chrome-bearing Grossular
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Specimens:
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Localities for Chrome-bearing Grossular
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? - Indicates mineral may be doubtful at this locality.
- Good crystals or important locality for species.
- World class for species or very significant.
(TL) - Type Locality for a valid mineral species.
(FRL) - First Recorded Locality for everything else (eg varieties).
All localities listed without proper references should be considered as questionable.
Australia | |
| Minerals in podiform chromitites - Tumut Serpentinite Province, Southern New South Wales, Graham, Franklin and Marshall, 2001, Australian Journal of Mineralogy 7(1). |
Canada | |
| Canadian Rockhound vol.4, no.2 (2000) |
| http://www.mindat.org/photosearch.php?frm_id=mls&cform_is_valid=1&minname=chromian%20grossular&cf_mls_page=1®ion=jeffrey&sort=&submit_mls=Search |
China | |
| Zhou, M.-F., Robinson, P.T., Malpas, J., Sun, M., Aitchison, J., Bai, W.J., Hu, X.-F., and Yang, J.-S. (2001): Journal of Asian Earth Sciences 19(4), 517-534. |
Japan | |
| Hiroaki Tano specimen |
Norway | |
| Prestvik, T. (1974): Norwegian chromian ugrandite-garnets. Contribution to the mineralogy of Norway, no 55. Norsk Geologisk Tidsskrift, 54, 177-182 |
Russia | |
| Igor Savin data; Antonov A.A. [Антонов А.А.] (2003): Mineralogy of rodingites of the Bazhenovsk ultrabasic massif [Минералогия родингитов Баженовского гипербазитого массива]. Nauka, Sankt-Peterburg, 129 pp. (in Russian). |
UK | |
| National Museum of Scotland specimen 78.49.538 |
Belvidere Mountain Quarries, Lowell & Eden, Orleans & Lamoille Cos., Vermont, USA