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Chromite can also be presented in a thin section. The grains seen in thin sections are disseminated with crystals that are euhedral to subhedral. [12] Chromite contains Mg, ferrous iron [Fe(II)], Al and trace amounts of Ti. [5] Chromite can change into different minerals based on the amounts of each element in the mineral.
The following tests are some examples of those that are used on hand specimens, or on field samples, or on thin sections with the aid of a polarizing microscope. Color; Color of the mineral. Color alone is not diagnostic. For example quartz can be almost any color, depending on minor impurities and microstructure. Streak
Stillwater igneous complex around Mouat chromite mine Chromitite with bronzite phenocrysts from Stillwater Igneous Complex Sulfidic serpentintite, platinum-palladium ore from the Stillwater Mine. This is an altered pegmatitic dunite very richly infused with intercumulate Pt/Pd-rich chalcopyrite & pyrrhotite (golden metallic minerals).
Chromitite with bronzite phenocrysts from Stillwater Igneous Complex. Chromitite is an igneous cumulate rock composed mostly of the mineral chromite.It is found in layered intrusions such as the Bushveld Igneous Complex in South Africa, the Stillwater igneous complex in Montana and the Ring of Fire discovery in Ontario.
In chemistry the term chromite has been used in two contexts. Under IUPAC naming conventions, chromate(III) is preferred to chromite. [citation needed] For compounds containing an oxyanion of chromium in oxidation state of +3; For other compounds of chromium(III) as a means of distinguishing a chemical species such as hexacyanochromite(III).
Chromite, a FeCr 2 O 4 containing mineral. It is used as a commercial source of chromium and its compounds. [1] It is also used as a catalyst in the synthesis of hydrogen (H 2) from the reaction between carbon monoxide and water vapor.
[4] [9] Chrome chalcedony (unlike chrysoprase) may also contain tiny black specks of chromite. [3] Chrome chalcedony is (together with agate, carnelian, chrysoprase, heliotrope, onyx and others) a variety of chalcedony. This is a cryptocrystalline form of silica, consisting of fine intergrowths of the minerals quartz and moganite. [1]
Zincochromite is a zinc chromium oxide mineral with the formula ZnCr 2 O 4.It is the zinc analogue of chromite, hence the name.It was first described in 1987 as an occurrence in a uranium deposit near Lake Onega, Russia. [4]