Carlsbergite

Carlsbergite is a nitride mineral that has the chemical formula CrN, or chromium nitride. It is named after the Carlsberg Foundation which backed the recovery of the Agpalilik fragment of the Cape York meteorite in which the mineral was first described. It occurs in meteorites along the grain boundaries of kamacite or troilite in the form of tiny plates. It occurs associated with kamacite, taenite, daubreelite, troilite and sphalerite. In addition to the Cape York meteorite, carlsbergite has been reported from: the North Chile meteorite in the Antofagasta Province, Chile the Nentmannsdorf meteorite of Bahretal, Erzgebirge, Saxony the Okinawa Trough, Senkaku Islands, Okinawa Prefecture, Japan the Uwet meteorite of Cross River State, Nigeria the Sikhote-Alin meteorite, Sikhote-Alin Mountains, Russia the Hex River Mountains meteorite from the Cape Winelands District, Western Cape Province, South Africa the Canyon Diablo meteorite of Meteor Crater, Coconino County, Arizona the Smithonia meteorite of Oglethorpe County, Georgia the Kenton County meteorite of Kenton County, Kentucky the Lombard meteorite of Broadwater County, Montana the Murphy meteorite of Cherokee County and the Lick Creek meteorite of Davidson County, North Carolina the New Baltimore meteorite of Somerset County, Pennsylvania