{{Short description|Sulfide mineral}} {{Infobox mineral | name = Brezinaite | image = | alt = | caption = | category = Sulfide mineral | formula = Cr<sub>3</sub>S<sub>4</sub> |IMAsymbol=Bzn<ref>{{Cite journal|last=Warr|first=L.N.|date=2021|title=IMA–CNMNC approved mineral symbols|journal=Mineralogical Magazine|volume=85|issue=3|pages=291–320|doi=10.1180/mgm.2021.43|bibcode=2021MinM...85..291W|s2cid=235729616|doi-access=free}}</ref> | strunz = 2.DA.15 | dana = 02.10.02.02 | system = Monoclinic | class = Prismatic (2/m) <br/><small>(same H-M symbol)</small> | symmetry = ''I2/m'' | unit cell = | color = Brownish gray, gray | habit = | twinning = | cleavage = | fracture = | tenacity = | mohs = 3.5-4.5 | luster = Metallic - dull | streak = | diaphaneity = Opaque | gravity = 4.12 | density = | polish = | opticalprop = | refractive = | birefringence = | pleochroism = | 2V = | dispersion = | extinction = | length fast/slow = | fluorescence = | absorption = | melt = | fusibility = | diagnostic = | solubility = | impurities = | alteration = | other = | prop1 = | prop1text = | references = <ref name=mindat>[http://www.mindat.org/min-768.html Brezinaite on Mindat.org]</ref><ref>[http://webmineral.com/data/Brezinaite.shtml Brezinaite data on Webmineral]</ref> }}
'''Brezinaite''', discovered in 1969, is a rare mineral composed of chromium and sulfur. It is found in meteorites, such as the Tucson Ring meteorite (Irwin-Ainsa meteorite), its type locality. It was also found in the New Baltimore meteorite and the Sikhote-Alin meteorite. Brezinaite was named in honour of Aristides Brezina (1848–1909), a past director of the Mineralogy-Petrology Section of the Natural History Museum, Vienna, Austria.<ref name=mindat/>
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Category:Chromium minerals Category:Sulfide minerals Category:Meteorite minerals Category:Monoclinic minerals Category:Minerals in space group 12
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