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Sorosite Tulameenite & Platinum

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Sorosite Tulameenite & Platinum

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Description
Locality: 
Konder Massif, Aldan Shield, Khabarovsk Krai, Russian Federation
Class: 
Single Crystal
Size Range: 
Micromount (under 1cm)
Size: 
0.3 × 0.2 × 0.1 cm
Description

You are bidding on an analyzed, 3mm Fe-rich platinum crystal from the famous Konder Massif that has intermixed sorosite, tulameenite and native gold(?). Comes with complete analysis (see analysis tab above). 

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Sorosite

Formula: 
Cu1+x(Sn,Sb), where 0.1 ≤ x ≤ 0.2
Strunz: 
1.AC.15
Crystal System: 
Hexagonal
Hardness: 
5.0 - 5.5
Type Locality: 
Baimka placer deposit, Aluchinskii Massif (Aluchin horst), Baimka River, Bol'shoi Anyui River Basin, Kolyma area, Chukotskii Autonomous Okrug, Far-Eastern Region, Russia...

Tulameenite

Formula: 
Pt2CuFe
Strunz: 
1.AG.40
Hardness: 
5.0
Colour: 
White
Type Locality: 
Placer Deposits, Tulameen River, Similkameen Mining Division, British Columbia, Canada

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
Analysis
Analysis Report - only: Sorosite Tulameenite & Platinum
Analysis Report - only: Sorosite Tulameenite & Platinum
Analysis Report - only: Sorosite Tulameenite & Platinum
Analysis Report - only: Sorosite Tulameenite & Platinum

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