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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;kyratango, post: 2505841, member: 5006&quot;]I think you got it! <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie45" alt=":facepalm:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>I thought Kosmochlor was the other name of Maw sit sit and in fact, it is the black component in it!</p><p>from there:</p><p><a href="https://geology.com/gemstones/maw-sit-sit/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://geology.com/gemstones/maw-sit-sit/" rel="nofollow">https://geology.com/gemstones/maw-sit-sit/</a></p><p>Maw sit sit: &quot;Maw sit sit is not a jade. Instead, it is a <a href="https://geology.com/rocks/metamorphic-rocks.shtml" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://geology.com/rocks/metamorphic-rocks.shtml" rel="nofollow">metamorphic rock</a> composed mainly of kosmochlor, clinochlore, chromian jadeite, and albite, with small amounts of eckermannite, <a href="https://geology.com/minerals/chromite.shtml" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://geology.com/minerals/chromite.shtml" rel="nofollow">chromite</a> and other minerals.&quot;</p><p><img src="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-YyiLiBbQCCI/Wq03ROC6xEI/AAAAAAAAPQo/_oLi-ue7ijsloRN9M2sz9qkZp-Xo0-fvQCLcBGAs/s1600/Maw%2BSit%2BSit%2BChromium%2BJadeite%2BRough%2B%25281%2529.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>Kosmochlor:</p><p>from there:</p><p><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kosmochlor" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kosmochlor" rel="nofollow">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kosmochlor</a></p><p><b>Kosmochlor</b> is a rare <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chromium" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chromium" rel="nofollow">chromium</a> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sodium" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sodium" rel="nofollow">sodium</a> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clinopyroxene" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clinopyroxene" rel="nofollow">clinopyroxene</a> with the chemical formula NaCr3+Si2O6.</p><p><br /></p><p>The name is from <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/German_language" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/German_language" rel="nofollow">German</a> <i>kosmisch,</i> for its occurrence in meteorites, and the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greek_language" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greek_language" rel="nofollow">Greek</a> <i>chlor,</i> for green.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kosmochlor#cite_note-Webmin-3" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kosmochlor#cite_note-Webmin-3" rel="nofollow">[3]</a> It was first reported in 1897 from the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toluca_(meteorite)" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toluca_(meteorite)" rel="nofollow">Toluca meteorite</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jiquipilco" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jiquipilco" rel="nofollow">Jiquipilco</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mexico" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mexico" rel="nofollow">Mexico</a>.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kosmochlor#cite_note-Mindat-1" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kosmochlor#cite_note-Mindat-1" rel="nofollow">[1]</a></p><p><br /></p><p>It occurs as a major constituent of some <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jadeitite" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jadeitite" rel="nofollow">jadeitites</a> and as an accessory mineral of some <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iron_meteorite" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iron_meteorite" rel="nofollow">iron meteorites</a>. Associated minerals include <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cliftonite" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cliftonite" rel="nofollow">cliftonite</a> (<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Graphite" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Graphite" rel="nofollow">graphite</a>), chromian <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diopside" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diopside" rel="nofollow">diopside</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Troilite" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Troilite" rel="nofollow">troilite</a> at Toluca; <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daubreelite" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daubreelite" rel="nofollow">daubreelite</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Krinovite&amp;action=edit&amp;redlink=1" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Krinovite&amp;action=edit&amp;redlink=1" rel="nofollow">krinovite</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Roedderite&amp;action=edit&amp;redlink=1" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Roedderite&amp;action=edit&amp;redlink=1" rel="nofollow">roedderite</a>, high <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Albite" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Albite" rel="nofollow">albite</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richterite" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richterite" rel="nofollow">richterite</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chromite" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chromite" rel="nofollow">chromite</a> (<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canyon_Diablo_(meteorite)" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canyon_Diablo_(meteorite)" rel="nofollow">Canyon Diablo</a>); and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jadeite" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jadeite" rel="nofollow">jadeite</a>, chromite and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chlorite_group" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chlorite_group" rel="nofollow">chlorite</a> (<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Burma" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Burma" rel="nofollow">Burma</a>).<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kosmochlor#cite_note-HBM-2" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kosmochlor#cite_note-HBM-2" rel="nofollow">[2]</a>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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