Chromite
At a glance
- Type
- Mineral
- Group
- Oxide
- Crystal system
- Cubic
- Hardness
- Medium (3 to 5.5)
- Density
- Heavy (3.2 to 5)
- Occurs in
- Igneous rocks
- Foliation
- Not layered
- Colour
- Black
- Lustre
- Metallic, Dull
- Use
- Ore
- Difficulty in WildGuessr
- Hard
Did you know?
- Chromite is the only ore of chromium mined on a large scale, and chromium is what makes steel stainless.
- Much of the world's chromite comes from South Africa and Kazakhstan.
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Classification, names and conservation status come from Wikidata (CC0), the photo from Wikimedia Commons. Wikidata Q107172 · All stones · All entries