carlsbergite
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Carlsbergite is a nitride mineral that has the chemical formula CrN, or chromium nitride.
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- Named after
- Carlsberg Foundation
- Image
- Inclusions and globules in Uakit meteorite (6).png
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- chemical formula
- CrN
- Nickel-Strunz '10th ed', review of (9th ed/ 2009 update)
- 1.BC.15
- Nickel-Strunz 9th edition (updated 2009)
- 1.BC.15
- type locality (geology)
- Cape York meteorite
- crystal system
- cubic crystal system
- Commons category
- Carlsbergite
- IMA Mineral Symbol
- Cbg
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Carlsbergite is a nitride mineral that has the chemical formula CrN, or chromium nitride.
It is named after the Carlsberg Foundation which backed the recovery of the Agpalilik fragment of the Cape York meteorite in which the mineral was first described.
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