This mineral, composed of chromium, iron, and oxygen, is the only commercially extractable source of pure chromium, commonly known as chrome. Chrome is one of the most important and indispensable industrial metals because of its hardness and resistance to corrosion. Chromite is made up of 68 percent chromium and 22 percent iron oxide. Chromite can be found in steel, antiseptics, copper, and a variety of other materials. Rich chromite resources are found in Parwan, Logar, Maiden Wardak, Nangarhar, and Kunar provinces. Kamal Afghan Gemstones Company extracts chromite from Afghanistan with 50-60% purity in two forms:

• In the form of crushe stone.


• As concentrated chrome which is cleaned, refined and graded after crushing