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The paper presents the characteristics of chrome spinels from an ore-bearing packet of the Vladimir chromite deposit. Three main types of chrome spinels are distinguished by morphology and chemical composition: medium-chrome ore-forming, high-chrome transformed, and low-chrome relict accessory. The significant role of weathering conditions is expressed in alteration of accessory chrome spinel. The formation of high-chrome spinels is explained by the hydrothermal effect of the Varshavsky granitoid massif with accompanying dikes and talc–carbonate metasomatic rocks. Characteristic accessory minerals are represented by native gold and nickel, millerite, pentlandite, chalcopyrite, maucherite, PGE sulfides, and picroilmenite.
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Original Russian Text © M.N. Ankushev, V.V. Zaykov, V.A. Kotlyarov, M.E. Romanenko, 2015, published in Zapiski Rossiiskogo Mineralogicheskogo Obshchestva, 2015, No. 5, pp. 76–96.
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Ankushev, M.N., Zaykov, V.V., Kotlyarov, V.A. et al. Chrome spinels and accessory mineralization in the weathering crust of the Vladimir deposit, Varshavsky ultramafic massif, southern Urals. Geol. Ore Deposits 58, 697–710 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1134/S1075701516080031
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