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Chromite

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Description
Locality: 
Onilsavatnet, Tafjord, Norddal, Møre og Romsdal, Norway
Size Range: 
Small cabinet (7-10 cm)
Size: 
7.9 × 5.8 × 3.9 cm
Largest Crystal: 
0.50cm
Description

An 0.5 cm chromite octahedron is embedded in dunite, an almost 100% olivine (forsterite) rock. Sampled on the dump of an abandoned olivine mine.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

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...

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