Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A widely distributed black to brownish-black chromium ore, FeCr2O4.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Any compound of chromium sesquioxid with a monoxid of another metal.
- noun Native iron chromite (FeCr2O4), occurring massive and in octahedral crystals of a black color.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Min.) A black submetallic mineral consisting of oxide of chromium and iron; -- called also
chromic iron . - noun (Chem.), rare A compound or salt of chromous hydroxide regarded as an acid.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun mineralogy A dark brown
mineral species with the formula FeCr2O4. - noun Any member of the chromite-
magnesiochromite series that is a mixedoxide ofiron ,magnesium andchromium with the formula (Fe,Mg)Cr2O4. It is a commercial source of chromium.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a brownish-black mineral; the major source of chromium
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Examples
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In addition to oil and gold, he said, the region is believed to have "abundant" deposits of minerals including marble, gypsum and chromite, which is used to make ferrochrome, an ingredient in stainless steel marble.
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In addition to oil and gold, he said, the region is believed to have "abundant" deposits of minerals including marble, gypsum and chromite, which is used to make ferrochrome, an ingredient in stainless steel.
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• Northern Ontario: Premier Dalton McGuinty made a vague pledge on Tuesday that the budget would introduce relief for hard-hit northern residents and businesses over and above the help being earmarked for the Ring of Fire, a massive deposit of chromite, which is used in the manufacture of stainless steel, that the government hopes will spark another Gold Rush in the north.
Thestar.com - Home Page Robert Benzie 2010
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Cliffs expects to spend more than $800-million (U.S.) developing what would be the first mine in North America to produce chromite, which is a key ingredient used to make stainless steel.
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At play is a significant discovery of chromite, which is used to make a ferrochrome alloy that imparts increased hardness to steel while improving resistance to chemical corrosion.
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Shortly after Vauquelin’s discovery, a German chemist name Tassaert discovered chromium in an ore that geologists now call chromite (FeCr2O4, ferrous chromic oxide).
Chromium 2007
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ConsMin—a manganese, chromite and nickel miner controlled by Ukrainian billionaire Gennady Bogolyubov—holds 11% of OM Holdings shares and has engaged in frequent clashes with the board in recent years.
OM Holding's Hong Kong Plan Sets Off a Battle David Fickling 2011
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The province has also budgeted C$45 million $45.8 million in skills training to help northern Ontario residents take advantage of the development of one of world's largest chromite deposits, located in the region; chromite is a raw material for stainless steel.
Ontario to Form Review Panel for TMX-LSE Deal Ben Dummett 2011
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Aquarius believes the directive will have a detrimental economic effect on those Bushveld chromite and platinum mines that use the bord and pillar mining method.
Aquarius falls further after South African mining directive 2010
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There had also been trouble at a large local chromite mine, in which workers had not been paid for eleven months, and one of their number was killed during a protest—an event that was hushed up.
Let the Swords Encircle Me Scott Peterson 2010
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