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Chromite

With Antique Label

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Description
Locality: 
Radusa, Saraj, North Macedonia
Class: 
Massive/Crystalline
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
5 × 4.5 × 3 cm
Description

A sample of Chromite from a lesser known complex in North Macedonia produced some 1.5Mt of ore between 1890 and 1945 from about 300 chromite bodies. Comes with a handwritten label dated back to 1952.

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: 
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