/kroh"muyt/ , n.
1. Chem. a salt of chromium in the bivalent state.
2. Mineral. a cubic mineral, ferrous chromate, Fe 3 Cr 2 O 3 , usually with much of the ferrous iron and aluminum replaced by magnesium, and some of the chromium by ferric iron: the principal ore of chromium.
[ 1830-40; CHROM(IUM) or CHROM(ATE) + -ITE 1 ]