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Vasilite Cuprorhodsite & Isoferroplatinum

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Vasilite Cuprorhodsite & Isoferroplatinum

Type Locality

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Description
Locality: 
Mount Filipp, Olyutorsky District, Kamchatka Krai, Russian Federation
Class: 
Massive/Crystalline
Size Range: 
Micromount (under 1cm)
Size: 
0 × 0 × 0 cm
Description

You are bidding on a completely analyzed polished probe hosting rare visilite with type locality cuprorhodsite in a isoferroplatinum nugget from Mount Filipp. Comes with complete analysis documentation. Resin bearer measures 2.4cm for scale. 

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Vasilite

Formula: 
(Pd,Cu)16(S,Te)7
Strunz: 
2.BC.25
Hardness: 
5.0 - 5.5
Type Locality: 
Konstantinovo (Novoseltsi), Kameno Obshtina, Burgas Oblast (Bourgas Oblast), Bulgaria

Cuprorhodsite

Formula: 
(Cu,Fe)Rh2S4
Strunz: 
2.DA.05
Hardness: 
5.0 - 5.5
Type Locality: 
Chad Massif, Aldan shield, Ayan-Maya district, Khabarovskiy Kray, Far-Eastern Region, Russia

Isoferroplatinum

Formula: 
Pt3Fe
Strunz: 
1.AG.35
Crystal System: 
Isometric
Hardness: 
5.0
Type Locality: 
Placer Deposits, Tulameen River, Similkameen Mining Division, British Columbia, Canada

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