What is "carlsbergite"

n. (context mineral English) An isometric-hexoctahedral gray mineral containing chromium and nitrogen.

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 it 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