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Rustenburgite Palarstanide & Tetraferroplatinum

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Rustenburgite Palarstanide & Tetraferroplatinum

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Description
Locality: 
Mayak Mine, Talnakh, Noril'sk, Putoran Plateau, Taimyr Peninsula, Krasnoyarsk Krai, Russian Federation
Class: 
Massive/Crystalline
Size Range: 
Micromount (under 1cm)
Size: 
0 × 0 × 0 cm
Description

You are bidding on a fully analyzed sample with rare rustenburgite, tetraferroplatinum and type locality palarstanide in sulfide matrix from the Mayak Mine. Comes with complete analysis and the sample measures .9x.7x.5cm for scale. 

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Rustenburgite

Formula: 
(Pt,Pd)3Sn
Strunz: 
1.AG.10
Hardness: 
5.0
Type Locality: 
Rustenburg Town & Townlands Mine, Rustenburg (Rustenburg District), Western Bushveld Complex, Bojanala Platinum District, North West Province, South Africa

Palarstanide

Formula: 
Pd8(As,Sn)3
Strunz: 
2.AC.20b
Hardness: 
5.0
Type Locality: 
Mayak Mine (Majak Mine), Talnakh Cu-Ni Deposit, Noril'sk, Putoran Plateau, Taimyr Peninsula, Taymyrskiy Autonomous Okrug, Eastern-Siberian Region, Russia...

Tetraferroplatinum

Formula: 
PtFe
Strunz: 
1.AG.40
Crystal System: 
Tetragonal
Hardness: 
4.0 - 5.0
Type Locality: 
Placer Deposits, Tulameen River, Similkameen Mining Division, British Columbia, Canada
Analysis
Analysis Report - only: Rustenburgite Palarstanide & Tetraferroplatinum

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