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Chromite from
Loma Peguera deposit, Falcondo Mines, Bonao, Monseñor Nouel Province, Dominican Republic


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Chromite
Formula:Fe2+Cr23+O4
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Chromite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Loma Peguera deposit, Falcondo Mines, Bonao, Monseñor Nouel Province, Dominican Republic
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:598505
Long-form Identifier:1:3:598505:0
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Chromite
4.1km (2.6 miles) ⓘLoma Larga deposit, Falcondo Mines, Bonao, Monseñor Nouel Province, Dominican Republic
4.7km (2.9 miles) ⓘLoma Caribe Ni laterite deposit, Falcondo Mines, Bonao, Monseñor Nouel Province, Dominican Republic
6.3km (3.9 miles) ⓘFalcondo Mines, Bonao, Monseñor Nouel Province, Dominican Republic
14.7km (9.2 miles) ⓘLoma Ortega deposit, Falcondo Mines, Bonao, Monseñor Nouel Province, Dominican Republic
References
Proenza, J. A., Zaccarini, F., Lewis, J. F., Longo, F., Garuti, G. (2007) Chromian spinel composition and the platinum-group minerals of the PGE-rich Loma Peguera chromitites, Loma Caribe peridotite, Dominican Republic. The Canadian Mineralogist, 45 (3) 631-648 doi:10.2113/gscanmin.45.3.631
33rd International Geological Congress (2008) session MPM-04 Platinum-group mineralogy: Platinum group minerals (PGM) in the Loma Peguera ophiolitic chromitite (Central Dominican Republic): New data using Electric Pulse Disaggregation and Hydroseparation techniques
Zaccarini, Federica, Proenza, Joaquin A., Rudashevsky, Nikolay S., Cabri, Louis J., Garuti, Giorgio, Rudashevsky, Vladimir N., Melgarejo, Joan C., Lewis, John F., Longo, Francisco, Bakker, Ronald J., Stanley, Chris J. (2009) The Loma Peguera ophiolitic chromitite (Central Dominican Republic): a source of new platinum group minerals (PGM) species. Neues Jahrbuch für Mineralogie - Abhandlungen, 185 (3) 335-349 doi:10.1127/0077-7757/2009/0127
McDonald, Andrew M., Proenza, Joaquin A., Zaccarini, Federica, Rudashevsky, Nikolay S., Cabri, Louis J., Stanley, Chris J., Rudashevsky, Vladimir N., Melgarejo, Joan C., Lewis, John F., Longo, Francisco, et al. (2010) Garutiite, (Ni,Fe,Ir), a new hexagonal polymorph of native Ni from Loma Peguera, Dominican Republic. European Journal of Mineralogy, 22 (2). 293-304 doi:10.1127/0935-1221/2010/0022-2007
Aiglsperger, Thomas, Proenza, Joaquin A., Zaccarini, Federica, Lewis, John F., Garuti, Giorgio, Labrador, Manuel, Longo, Francisco (2015) Platinum group minerals (PGM) in the Falcondo Ni-laterite deposit, Loma Caribe peridotite (Dominican Republic) Mineralium Deposita, 50 (1) 105-123 doi:10.1007/s00126-014-0520-9
 
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