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Chromferide

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Description
Locality: 
Efim Area, Kumak, Orenburg Oblast, Russian Federation
Class: 
Crystal Group/Cluster
Size Range: 
Micromount (under 1cm)
Size: 
0.03 × 0.02 × 0.01 cm
Description

Very small single crystal of the extremely rare mineral chromferide, a natural alloy of chromium and iron of formula Fe3Cr (1-x).

It belongs to the Nickel-Strunz class of I.Native Elements.

Analyzed specimen, see copy of the analysis and all explanations referring to its origin in the attachment.

Chromferide has only been known from three localities worldwide, being this one from the type locality in Russia.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Chromferide

Formula: 
Fe3Cr1-x (x=0.6)
Strunz: 
1.AE.15
Hardness: 
4.0
Type Locality: 
Efim area, Kumak ore field, Orenburgskaya Oblast', Southern Urals, Urals Region, Russia...

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