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Zincochromite

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Zincochromite

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Description
Locality: 
Srednyaya Padma Mine, Velikaya Guba, Zaonezhie Peninsula, Karelia Republic, Russian Federation
Class: 
Massive/Crystalline
Size Range: 
Micromount (under 1cm)
Size: 
0.4 × 0.3 × 0.1 cm
Description

Greenish plate of the very rare mineral zincochromite from the type locality and one of the very few known localities worldwide, embedded in an acrylic bearer.

Zincochromite is the zinc analogue of chromite.

Mineral Data
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Zincochromite

Formula: 
ZnCr2O4
Strunz: 
4.BB.05
Crystal System: 
Isometric
Hardness: 
5.5 - 6.0
Type Locality: 
Srednyaya Padma mine, Velikaya Guba uran-vanadium deposit, Zaonezhie peninsula, Lake Onega, Karelia Republic, Northern Region, Russia

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