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Iridium

Rare Mineral

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Description
Locality: 
Australia
Class: 
Single Crystal
Size Range: 
Micromount (under 1cm)
Size: 
0.1 × 0.1 × 0.1 cm
Description

Several nuggets of native iridium (87% purity, see analysis enclosed) in a resin support used for the analysis.

What is interesting of this specimen is that two of the nuggets show clearly the cubic form (see photos 1 and 2) , which is very unusual for native iridium nuggets.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Iridium

Formula: 
(Ir,Os,Ru)
Strunz: 
1.AF.10
Crystal System: 
Isometric
Hardness: 
6.0 - 7.0

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