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Iridium & Irarsite

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Iridium & Irarsite

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Description
Locality: 
Nizhnii Tagil, Sverdlovsk Oblast, Russian Federation
Class: 
Combination
Size Range: 
Thumbnail (1-3cm)
Size: 
0.4 × 1.3 × 0.8 cm
Description

Polished section of Iridium-(pt), irarsite etc. (comes with documentation Dr. Begisov)

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Iridium

Formula: 
(Ir,Os,Ru)
Strunz: 
1.AF.10
Crystal System: 
Isometric
Hardness: 
6.0 - 7.0

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