 Chromite is iron magnesium chromium oxide: (Fe, Mg)Cr2O4. It is an oxide mineral belonging to the spinel group. |
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 Manganese occurs principally as pyrolusite (MnO2), braunite, (Mn2+Mn3+6SiO12), psilomelane (Ba(Mn2+)(Mn4+)8O16(OH)4), and to a lesser extent as rhodochrosite (MnCO3). |
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 Iron is a metal extracted mainly from the iron ore hematite. It oxidises readily in air and water to form Fe2O3 and is rarely found as a free element. |
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Muscovite is the most common mica, found in granites, pegmatites,
gneisses, and schists, and as a contact metamorphic rock or as a
secondary mineral resulting from the alteration of topaz, feldspar,
kyanite, etc.
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