Standard Block: Chromite

Secondary standard

NOTES: Homogeneous.

Position36
MineralChromite
Sample NameChr
TypeOxide
Nominal formula(Fe2+,Mg)(Cr,Al,Fe3+)2O4
SupplierCannon Microprobe, Seattle, WA
SourceG Zone, Stillwater Complex Montana
Original reported analysisThis analysis MAY apply: Beeson, AmMin 54 Jul/Aug 1969  Chemical Composition of Altered Chromites in the Stillwater Complex.
Composition qualitySecondary standard
CommentsAnalysis presented here is somewhat more Fe-rich than in the Beeson article, but otherwise very similar.
O
Mg
Al
Si
Ti
Cr
Mn
Fe
33.02
6.08
8.49
0.08
0.93
30.25
0.51
20.65