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Atokite & Rustenburgite

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Atokite & Rustenburgite

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Description
Locality: 
Oktyabrsky Mine, Talnakh, Noril'sk, Putoran Plateau, Taimyr Peninsula, Krasnoyarsk Krai, Russian Federation
Class: 
Combination
Size Range: 
Micromount (under 1cm)
Size: 
0.1 × 0.1 × 0.1 cm
Description

Polished section of atokite etc. (comes with documentation Prof. Rudashesvsky, SEM/X-ray)

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Atokite

Formula: 
(Pd,Pt)3Sn
Strunz: 
1.AG.10
Crystal System: 
Isometric
Hardness: 
4.5
Type Locality: 
Atok Mine, Merensky Reef, Eastern Bushveld Complex, Limpopo Province, South Africa

Rustenburgite

Formula: 
(Pt,Pd)3Sn
Strunz: 
1.AG.10
Hardness: 
5.0
Type Locality: 
Rustenburg Town & Townlands Mine, Rustenburg (Rustenburg District), Western Bushveld Complex, Bojanala Platinum District, North West Province, South Africa