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Platinum Iridium & Ruthenosmiridium

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Platinum Iridium & Ruthenosmiridium

David Burgess Collection
Rare Mineral

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Description
Locality: 
Atrato River, Riosucio Municipality, Chocó Department, Colombia
Class: 
Massive/Crystalline
Size Range: 
Micromount (under 1cm)
Size: 
0.3 × 0.2 × 0.1 cm
Description

You are bidding on a vial with dozens of nuggets and partial crystals of various PGE metals found at this well-known locality up to about 3mm. There is also probably native iridium here, as well as native osmium as there are numerous small hexagonal crystals in the mix. Would be interesting to analyze these to see what is actually there. David Burgess element collection. 

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Platinum

Formula: 
Pt
Strunz: 
1.AF.10
Crystal System: 
Isometric
Hardness: 
4.0 - 4.5
Type Locality: 
Pinto River, San Juan Basin, Mun. de Novita, Chocó Department, Colombia

Iridium

Formula: 
(Ir,Os,Ru)
Strunz: 
1.AF.10
Crystal System: 
Isometric
Hardness: 
6.0 - 7.0

Ruthenosmiridium

Variety Of: 

Iridium

Formula: 
(Ir,Os,Ru)
Strunz: 
1.AF.10
Hardness: 
6.0 - 7.0
Formula: 
(Ir,Os,Ru)
Hardness: 
0.0

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