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Bowieite & Cooperite

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Description
Locality: 
Mount Filipp, Olyutorsky District, Kamchatka Krai, Russian Federation
Class: 
Combination
Size Range: 
Thumbnail (1-3cm)
Size: 
1 × 2.5 × 2.5 cm
Description

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

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Bowieite

Formula: 
(Rh,Ir,Pt)2S3
Strunz: 
2.DB.15
Crystal System: 
Orthorhombic
Hardness: 
7.0
Type Locality: 
Salmon River - Red Mountain District, Goodnews Bay, Bethel Borough, Alaska, USA

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