What is "zincochromite"

n. (context mineralogy English) A mineral, the zinc analogue of chromite.

Zincochromite is a zinc chromium oxide mineral with the formula ZnCrO. It is the zinc analogue of chromite, hence the name. It was first described in 1987 as an occurrence in a uranium deposit near Lake Onega, Russia. It has also been reported from Dolo Hill, New South Wales, Australia, and from the Tarkwa Mine in the Ashanti gold belt of Ghana.