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Spinel
Spinel is both a mineral name and the name of a group mostly rock forming
minerals, all of which are metal oxides, and all of which have the same crystal
struckture
Group

: Oxides

Crystal System

: Cubic

Composition

: MgAl2O4

Colour

: Red yellow orange red

Form/Habit

: Octahedral

Hardness

: 7,5 8

Cleavage

: None

Fracture

: Conchoidal to uneven

Lustre

: Vitreous

Streak

: White

Specific Gravity

: 3,6

Transparancy

: Transparant to translucent

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Chromite
A member of The Spinel Group, Chromite is an iron chromium oxide. Crystal of
chromite are uncommon, and are usuallyeither massive as lenses and tabular
bodies, or disseminated as granules and streaks. It is dark brown to black and can
contain some magnesium and alumunium. Chromite is most commonly found as
an accessory mineral in ultramafic igneous rocks, or concentrated occurs as
sedimentary.
Group

: Oxides

Crystal System

: Cubic

Composition

: FeCr2O4

Colour

: Dark Brown, Black

Form/Habit

: Granukar, Massive

Hardness

: 5,5

Cleaavage

: None

Fracture

: Uneven

Lustre

: Metallic

Streak

: Brown

Specific Gravity

: 4,7

Transparency

: Opaque

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DAFTAR PUSTAKA

Rocks & Minerals, The Definitive Visual Guide. DK

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