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Palladodymite & Hongshiite

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Palladodymite & Hongshiite

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Description
Locality: 
Miass River, Chelyabinsk Oblast, Russian Federation
Class: 
Massive/Crystalline
Size Range: 
Micromount (under 1cm)
Size: 
0 × 0 × 0 cm
Description

You are bidding on a fully analyzed polished probe with a nugget of native osmium hosting grains of extremely rare palladodymite from the type locality with rare hongshiite, unnamed RhNiAs phase and isoferroplatinum. Comes with complete analysis (see analysis tab above). The bearer measures 5x5mm for scale. 

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Palladodymite

Formula: 
(Pd,Rh)2As
Strunz: 
2.AC.25c
Crystal System: 
Orthorhombic
Hardness: 
0.0
Type Locality: 
Miass River, Chelyabinsk Oblast', Southern Urals, Urals Region, Russia...

Hongshiite

Formula: 
PtCu
Strunz: 
1.AG.45
Crystal System: 
Triclinic
Hardness: 
4.0
Colour: 
Grey
Type Locality: 
Hongshila Pt-Pd deposit (Hung District), Boluonuo, Fengning Co., Chengde Prefecture, Hebei Province, China
Analysis
Analysis Report - only: Palladodymite & Hongshiite
Analysis Report - only: Palladodymite & Hongshiite

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