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Sperrylite

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Description
Locality: 
Noril'sk, Putoran Plateau, Taimyr Peninsula, Krasnoyarsk Krai, Russian Federation
Class: 
Single Crystal
Size Range: 
Micromount (under 1cm)
Size: 
0.6 × 0.3 × 0.3 cm
Description

Absolutely outstanding sharp and very shiny sperrylite crystal, from the famous locality of Noril'sk, well known for its platinum minerals.

Sperrylite is one of the few platinum minerals known.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Sperrylite

Formula: 
PtAs2
Strunz: 
2.EB.05a
Crystal System: 
Isometric
Hardness: 
6.0 - 7.0
Colour: 
Tin-white
Type Locality: 
Vermilion Mine, Denison Township, Sudbury District, Ontario, Canada

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