# Brezinaite

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{{Short description|Sulfide mineral}}
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| name        = Brezinaite
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| category    = [Sulfide mineral](/source/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](/source/Monoclinic)
| class       = Prismatic (2/m) <br/><small>(same [H-M symbol](/source/H-M_symbol))</small>
| symmetry    = ''I2/m''
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| color       = Brownish gray, gray
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| mohs        = 3.5-4.5
| luster      = Metallic - dull
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| diaphaneity = Opaque
| gravity     = 4.12
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| 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>
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'''Brezinaite''', discovered in 1969, is a rare mineral composed of [chromium](/source/chromium) and [sulfur](/source/sulfur). It is found in [meteorites](/source/meteorites), such as the [Tucson Ring meteorite](/source/Tucson_Ring_meteorite) (Irwin-Ainsa meteorite), its [type locality](/source/Type_locality_(geology)). It was also found in the New Baltimore meteorite and the [Sikhote-Alin meteorite](/source/Sikhote-Alin_meteorite). Brezinaite was named in honour of [Aristides Brezina](/source/Aristides_Brezina) (1848–1909), a past director of the Mineralogy-Petrology Section of the [Natural History Museum](/source/Natural_History_Museum_of_Vienna), [Vienna](/source/Vienna), [Austria](/source/Austria).<ref name=mindat/>

==References==
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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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