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Iridosmine

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Iridosmine

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Description
Locality: 
Neiva River, Sysert District, Nizhnii Tagil, Sverdlovsk Oblast, Russian Federation
Size Range: 
Micromount (under 1cm)
Size: 
0.3 × 0.3 × 0.1 cm
Description

Iridosmine is a rare variety of osmium rich in iridium.This is a tiny, splendent, silvery flake of iridosmine - old-time material that undoubtedly dates to Imperial Russia times, prior to World War I.#8

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Iridosmine

Variety Of: 

Osmium

Formula: 
(Os,Ir,Ru)
Strunz: 
1.AF.05
Hardness: 
6.0 - 7.0