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Mariinskite In Chromite

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Mariinskite In Chromite

Type Locality

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Description
Locality: 
Malyshevo, Sverdlovsk Oblast, Russian Federation
Size Range: 
Micromount (under 1cm)
Size: 
0.6 × 0.5 × 0.3 cm
Description

A small sample from the Type Locality, with tiny dark green grains of mariinskite that are intermixed with grey masses of chromite and green mica-like chromian phlogopite. Ex Mikhail Murashko, ex Jaroslav Hyrsl specimen.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Mariinskite

Formula: 
BeCr2O4
Hardness: 
0.0
Type Locality: 
Malyshevskoe deposit (Mariinskoe), Izumrudnye Kopi area, Malyshevo, Ekaterinburg (Sverdlovsk), Sverdlovskaya Oblast', Middle Urals, Urals Region, Russia...

Chromite

Formula: 
Fe2+Cr3+2O4
Strunz: 
4.BB.05
Hardness: 
5.5
Colour: 
Black
Streak: 
Brown
Type Locality: 
Bastide de la Carrade, Gassin, Var, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, France...
Cartils Minerals

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