zincochromite
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Zincochromite is a zinc chromium oxide mineral with the formula ZnCr2O4. It is the zinc analogue of chromite, hence the name. It was first described in 1987 as an occurrence in a uranium deposit near Lake Onega, Russia. It has also been reported from Dolo Hill, New South Wales, Australia, and from the Tarkwa Mine in the Ashanti gold belt of Ghana.
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It sits within the topics Chromium minerals, Cubic minerals and Minerals in space group 227.
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Wikidata facts
- Subclass of
- oxyspinel group
- Named after
- zinc
- Image
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- Nickel-Strunz '10th ed', review of (9th ed/ 2009 update)
- 4.BB.05
- chemical formula
- ZnCr₂O₄
- Nickel-Strunz 9th edition (updated 2009)
- 4.BB.05
- crystal system
- cubic crystal system
- streak color
- brown
- Commons category
- Zincochromite
- IMA Mineral Symbol
- Zchr
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Zincochromite is a zinc chromium oxide mineral with the formula ZnCr2O4. It is the zinc analogue of chromite, hence the name. It was first described in 1987 as an occurrence in a uranium deposit near Lake Onega, Russia. It has also been reported from Dolo Hill, New South Wales, Australia, and from the Tarkwa Mine in the Ashanti gold belt of Ghana.
==References==
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