{{Short description|Oxide mineral}} {{Infobox mineral | name = Xieite | category = Oxide minerals | image = | caption = | formula = Fe<sup>2+</sup>Cr<sub>2</sub>O<sub>4</sub> | IMAsymbol = Xi<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> | molweight = 453.91 g/mol | strunz = 4.BB.25 | system = Orthorhombic | class = Dipyramidal (mmm) <br/>H-M symbol: (2/m 2/m 2/m) | symmetry = ''Bbmm'' | unit cell = a = 9.462(6)&nbsp;Å <br/>b = 9.562(9)&nbsp;Å <br/>c = 2.916(1)&nbsp;Å: Z&nbsp;=&nbsp;4 | color = Golden yellow | habit = | twinning = | cleavage = | fracture = | tenacity = | mohs = | luster = | polish = | refractive = | opticalprop = | birefringence = | dispersion = | pleochroism = | fluorescence= | absorption = | streak = | gravity = 5.63 | density = | melt = | fusibility = | diagnostic = | solubility = | diaphaneity = | other = | references =<ref>[http://webmineral.com/data/Xieite.shtml Xieite mineral data from Webmineral]</ref><ref name=Mindat>[http://www.mindat.org/min-35792.html Mindat.org]</ref> }}

'''Xieite''' is an iron chromium oxide mineral with formula Fe<sup>2+</sup>Cr<sub>2</sub>O<sub>4</sub>. It is a member of the spinel group and a high pressure polymorph of chromite.<ref name=Mindat/>

It was discovered in samples taken from the Suizhou meteorite which fell in 1986 in the Zengdu District of China.<ref name=Mindat/>

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Category:Oxide minerals Category:Meteorite minerals Category:Orthorhombic minerals Category:Minerals in space group 63 Category:Spinel group

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