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Cooperite

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Cooperite

Rare Mineral

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Description
Locality: 
Konder Massif, Aldan Shield, Khabarovsk Krai, Russian Federation
Class: 
Combination
Size Range: 
Thumbnail (1-3cm)
Size: 
0.4 × 1.6 × 1.6 cm
Description

Polished section of cooperite, irarsite, inclusions in isoferroplatinum (comes with documentation Prof. Rudashesvsky, SEM/X-ray)

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Cooperite

Formula: 
PtS
Strunz: 
2.CC.35b
Hardness: 
4.0 - 5.0
Type Locality: 
Rustenburg Town & Townlands Mine, Rustenburg (Rustenburg District), Western Bushveld Complex, Bojanala Platinum District, North West Province, South Africa