Picotite, Lanark, Ontario A dark-brown variety of hercynite that contains chromium, magnesium and iron and is commonly found in dunites.

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Picotite, Lanark, Ontario A dark-brown variety of hercynite that contains chromium, magnesium and iron and is commonly found in dunites. Also known as chrome spinel.

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