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Bowieite & Malanite

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Bowieite & Malanite

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Description
Locality: 
Pekul'ney Range, Chukotka, Russian Federation
Class: 
Single Crystal
Size Range: 
Thumbnail (1-3cm)
Size: 
1.5 × 1.2 × 0.2 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

Malanite

Formula: 
Cu(Pt3+,Ir3+)2S4
Strunz: 
2.DA.05
Crystal System: 
Isometric
Hardness: 
5.0
Streak: 
Black
Type Locality: 
Unnamed Ni-Cu deposit, Malan river valley, Zunhua Co., Tangshan Prefecture, Hebei Province, China