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Iridosmine

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Iridosmine

ex Marcus Lueg personal collection, ex C. Rewitzer
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Description
Locality: 
Nizhnii Tagil, Sverdlovsk Oblast, Russian Federation
Class: 
Massive/Crystalline
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
4.8 × 0.6 × 0.6 cm
Description

Test glass with cork stopper containing > 150 grains resp. micro nuggets of iridosmine, a rare natural alloy of the platinum group elements osmium (major) and iridium (minor).
Some hexagonal, platy crystals are present (see first picture).
The biggest grains reach appr. 1 mm in size.
Rare old stuff from russia, hard to get nowadays...

Size is given for the test glass.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Iridosmine

Variety Of: 

Osmium

Formula: 
(Os,Ir,Ru)
Strunz: 
1.AF.05
Hardness: 
6.0 - 7.0

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