xieite
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Xieite is an iron chromium oxide mineral with formula Fe2+Cr2O4. It is a member of the spinel group and a high pressure polymorph of chromite.
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- oxide class of minerals
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- IMA Mineral Symbol
- Xi
- crystal system
- orthorhombic crystal system
- Nickel-Strunz '10th ed', review of (9th ed/ 2009 update)
- 4.BB.25
- Nickel-Strunz 9th edition (updated 2009)
- 4.BB.25
- type locality (geology)
- Suizhou
- chemical formula
- Fe²⁺Cr₂O₄
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Xieite is an iron chromium oxide mineral with formula Fe2+Cr2O4. It is a member of the spinel group and a high pressure polymorph of chromite.
It was discovered in samples taken from the Suizhou meteorite which fell in 1986 in the Zengdu District of China.
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