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Braggite & Cooperite

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Braggite & Cooperite

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Description
Locality: 
Bushveld Complex, Rustenburg, North West Province, South Africa
Class: 
Combination
Size Range: 
Small miniature (3-4.5 cm)
Size: 
1 × 4 × 1.8 cm
Description

Intergrown grey-metallic grains of braggite and cooperite in matrix

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Braggite

Formula: 
(Pt,Pd,Ni)S
Strunz: 
2.CC.35a
Crystal System: 
Tetragonal
Hardness: 
5.0
Type Locality: 
Mokopane (Potgietersrus), Waterberg District, Bushveld Complex, Limpopo Province, South Africa

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