Ferchromide Mineral Data

General Ferchromide Information

Chemical Formula:

Cr3Fe1-x(x=0,6)

Composition:

Molecular Weight = 178.33 gm

Chromium 87.47 % Cr

Iron 12.53 % Fe

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100.00 %

Empirical Formula:

Cr₃Fe⁰⁺_0.4

Environment:

In quartz veins within brecciated amphibolites and schist.

IMA Status:

Approved IMA 1986

Locality:

Efim Area, Kumak ore field, Orenburgskaya Oblast', Urals Region, Russia. Link to MinDat.org Location Data.

Name Origin:

For the chemical composition, FERrum, iron, and CHROMium.

Name Pronunciation:

Ferchromide + Pronunciation

Ferchromide Image

Images:

Ferchromide

Comments: Metallic microcrystal of ferchromide.
Location: Verkhneivinsk, Sverdlovsk District, Middle Urals, Russia. Scale: See Photo.
© Jeff Weissman / Photographic Guide to Mineral Species

Ferchromide Crystallography

Cell Dimensions:

a = 2.882, Z = 1; V = 23.94 Den(Calc)= 12.37

Crystal System:

Isometric - HexoctahedralH-M Symbol (4/m 3 2/m) Space Group: P m3m

$Help on X Ray Diffraction:$ X Ray Diffraction:

By Intensity(I/I_o): 2.04(1), 1.17(0.9), 0.77(0.8),

Physical Properties of Ferchromide

Cleavage:

None

Color:

Gray white.

Diaphaneity:

Opaque

Hardness:

6.5 - Pyrite

Luster:

Metallic

Optical Properties of Ferchromide

Reflectivity

**Standardized Intensity (100%) Reflection Spectra of Ferchromide in Air**
λ	R	∑ R(λ)
440 nm	55.20
460 nm	55.40
480 nm	56.20
500 nm	56.90
520 nm	58.00
540 nm	58.80
560 nm	59.50
580 nm	60.40
600 nm	61.00
620 nm	61.00
640 nm	61.80
680 nm	62.80
700 nm	63.20

**Calculated Relative Intensity Colors of Ferchromide in Air**
Relative Intensity	0%	20%	40%	60%	80%	100%	120%	140%	160%
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Calculated Properties of Ferchromide

Electron Density:

Bulk Density (Electron Density)=11.4 gm/cc
note: Specific Gravity of Ferchromide =12.4 gm/cc.

Fermion Index:

Fermion Index = 0.08
Boson Index = 0.92

Photoelectric:

PE_Ferchromide= 24.25 barns/electron
U=PE_Ferchromide x rElectron Density= 277.17 barns/cc.

Radioactivity:

GRapi = 0 (Gamma Ray American Petroleum Institute Units)
Ferchromide is Not Radioactive

Ferchromide Classification

Dana Class:

01.01.12.03 (01)Native Elements

(01.01)with metallic elements other than the platinum group

(01.01.12)Dana Group

01.01.12.01 Chromium Cr I m3m 4/m 3 2/m

01.01.12.02 Chromferide Fe3Cr1-x(x=0,6) P m3m 4/m 3 2/m

01.01.12.03 Ferchromide Cr3Fe1-x(x=0,6) P m3m 4/m 3 2/m

Strunz Class:

01.AE.15 01 - ELEMENTS (Metals and intermetallic alloys; metalloids and nonmetals; carbides, silicides, nitrides, phosphides)

01.A - Metals and Intermetallic Alloys

01.AE -Iron-chromium family

01.AE.15 Chromferide Fe3Cr1-x(x=0,6) P m3m 4/m 3 2/m

01.AE.15 Ferchromide Cr3Fe1-x(x=0,6) P m3m 4/m 3 2/m

01.AE.15 Wairauite CoFe P m3m 4/m 3 2/m

Other Ferchromide Information

References:

PHYS. PROP.(Am.Min.,Vol.73,p191,1988) OPTIC PROP.(AntBidBlaNic1)

See Also:

Links to other databases for Ferchromide :
1 - Am. Min. Crystal Structure Database
2 - Athena
3 - EUROmin Project
4 - Ecole des Mines de Paris
5 - GeoScienceWorld
6 - Google Images
7 - Google Scholar
8 - Handbook of Mineralogy (MinSocAm)
9 - Handbook of Mineralogy (UofA)
10 - MinDAT
11 - Mineralienatlas (Deutsch)
12 - Online Mineral Museum
13 - QUT Mineral Atlas
14 - Ruff.Info

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Ferchromide

Cr3Fe1-x(x=0,6)
Dana No: 01.01.12.03 Strunz No: 01.AE.15
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