Chromite - Chromite

Japanese: クロム鉄鉱 - くろむてっこう(英語表記)chromite
Chromite - Chromite

One of the most important ores of chromium (Cr). A member of the spinel group of minerals. It is equivalent to the chromium substitute of magnetite. It forms massive or layered aggregates in feldspar-poor parts of basic rocks and ultrabasic rocks, forming large deposits, and is also found in carbonate rocks associated with these rocks, special metamorphosed skarns, and meteorites. It is also found in the lunar mare basalts on the surface of the moon. In basic rocks, it occurs together with serpentine, forsterite, and diopside, and in metamorphosed skarns it occurs together with quartz, diopside, and chromite (the conventional belief that it does not coexist with quartz is incorrect). In Japan, chromite is found in part of the Akaishi Mine (closed) in Doi-cho, Uma-gun, Ehime Prefecture (now Shikoku Chuo City), and there are also end-members in the Yoshii area of ​​Takasaki City, Gunma Prefecture. It is named after its main component, the element chromium, which is found in crocodile ore.

[Akira Kato, August 19, 2016]

[References] | Chromite | Magnetite | Spinel | Substitutes [Supplementary information] | Chromite (Data Note)

Source: Shogakukan Encyclopedia Nipponica About Encyclopedia Nipponica Information | Legend

Japanese:

クロム(Cr)のもっとも重要な鉱石鉱物の一つ。スピネル族鉱物の一員。磁鉄鉱のクロム置換体に相当する。塩基性岩の長石に乏しい部分や超塩基性岩中に塊状や層状の集合体をなし、大規模な鉱床を形成するほか、これらの岩石に伴われる炭酸塩岩中、特殊な変成スカルンや隕石(いんせき)中に産する。また月表面の月面海玄武岩mare basaltにも含まれる。塩基性岩関係のものは蛇紋石、苦土橄欖(かんらん)石、透輝石などとともに産し、変成スカルン中のものは、石英、透輝石、灰クロムざくろ石などとともに産する(石英と共存しないという従来のいい伝えは誤り)。日本では愛媛県宇摩(うま)郡土居(どい)町(現、四国中央市)の赤石鉱山(閉山)のものの一部がクロム鉄鉱にあたるほか、群馬県高崎市吉井地区でも端成分に近いものがある。命名は、紅鉛鉱中に発見された元素クロムが主成分をなしていることによる。

[加藤 昭 2016年8月19日]

[参照項目] | クロム | 紅鉛鉱 | 磁鉄鉱 | スピネル | 置換体[補完資料] | クロム鉄鉱(データノート)

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