Carlsbergite
Chromium nitride — a nitride mineral first described in the Cape York meteorite, named for the Carlsberg Foundation.
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Carlsbergite is an IMA-recognized mineral species in the native element class, with the chemical formula CrN.
It crystallizes in the cubic crystal system (space group Fm3m). It is a member of the Rocksalt structural group.
Key properties: Mohs hardness 7; specific gravity 6.09.
IMA symbol Cbg, IMA status: approved, named in 1971.
Occurs as minute platelets and grain boundary precipitates in kamacite and troilite, and as similar grains ringing daubreelite in iron meteorites.
It is found associated with Kamacite, taenite, daubreelite, troilite, sphalerite.
The name refers to the Carlsberg Foundation, Copenhagen, Denmark, which supported recovery and cutting of the Agpalilik meteorite.