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Irarsite & Hollingworthite

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Irarsite & Hollingworthite

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Description
Locality: 
Kovdor Massif, Murmansk Oblast, Russian Federation
Class: 
Combination
Size Range: 
Thumbnail (1-3cm)
Size: 
0.7 × 1 × 0.3 cm
Description

Polished section of native irarsite, hollingworthite etc. (comes with documentation Dr. V.D. Begisov

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Irarsite

Formula: 
(Ir,Ru,Rh,Pt)AsS
Strunz: 
2.EB.25
Hardness: 
6.5
Type Locality: 
Onverwacht Mine, Lydenburg, Eastern Bushveld Complex, Mpumalanga Province, South Africa

Hollingworthite

Formula: 
(Rh,Pt,Pd)AsS
Strunz: 
2.EB.25
Hardness: 
6.0 - 6.5
Colour: 
Grey
Type Locality: 
Driekop mine, Sekhukhuneland, Burgersfort, Bushveld Complex, Limpopo Province, South Africa