Where it forms, where it's found
- Geological setting
Shock-produced veins of Suizhou L6 chondrite formed through solid-state transformation of chromite, and its occurrence is intimately associated with the shock veins of meteorite.
- Type locality
- Suizhou meteorite (Suizhou L6 chondrite)
- Xihe
- Zengdu District
- Suizhou
- Hubei
- China
31.6167°, 113.4667°
3recorded occurrences
Physical
- Density
- 5.63 g/cm³
Optical
- Optical colour
- gray
Crystallography
- Cell parameters
- a = 9.462(6) Å · b = 9.562(9) Å · c = 2.916(1) Å
- Ratio a:b:c
- 1 : 1.011 : 0.308
- Unit cell volume
- 263.8 ų
- Z
- 4
- Type-locality form
Compact polycrystalline aggregates of about 5-40 µm in grain size and commonly displays as pseudomorph of chromite crystals or its fragments.
- Comment
space group Bbmm
Crystal structure
Chemical composition
Synonyms
- IMA2007-056
- UM2003-10-O:CrFe
- Xieiet
In other languages
- German
- IMA 2007-056 · Xieit
- Spanish
- Xieíta
- Italian
- xieite
- Chinese
- 谢氏超晶石
- Simplified Chinese
- 谢氏超晶石
- Traditional Chinese
- 謝氏超晶石
Classification
Strunz
10th ed.4.BB.25
- 4OxidesClass
- 4.BMetal: Oxygen = 3:4 and similarDivision
- 4.BBWith only medium-sized cationsGroup
- 4.BB.25XieiteSpecies
Group, growth & confusion
Literature, links & citation
Citations
- 2003Chen, M., Shu, J., Xie, X., Mao, H. (2003): Natural CaTi2O4-structured FeCr2O4 polymorph in the Suizhou meteorite and its significance in mantle mineralogy. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, 67, 3937-3942
- 2003Chen, M., Shu, J., Mao, H., Xie, X., Hemley, R.J. (2003) Natural occurrence and synthesis of two new postspinel polymorphs of chromite. Proceedings of the National Academy of Science USA: 100: 14651-14654.
- 2008Chen, M., Shu, J., Mao, H. (2008) Xieite, a new mineral of high pressure FeCr2O4 polymorph. Chinese Science Bulletin: 53: 3341-3345.
- 2011Xie, X., Chen, M., Wang, C. (2011) Occurrence and mineral chemistry of chromite and xieite in the Suizhou L6 chondrite. Science China Earth Sciences: 54(7): 998-1010.
- 2016Xie, X., Chen, M. (2016) Suizhou Meteorite: Mineralogy and Shock Metamorphism. Springer Geochemistry/Mineralogy: 255 pgs.
Cite this entry
@misc{mineral2026,
author = {Mineral Index editorial board},
title = {Xieite — Mineral Index},
year = {2026},
url = {https://mineralindex.org/minerals/xieite-35792},
note = {Accessed 2026-05-11}
}