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Ruthenium

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Description
Locality: 
Horokanai Placer, Uryugawa, Uryu District, Kamikawa Subprefecture, Hokkaidō Prefecture, Hokkaido Island, Japan
Class: 
Single Crystal
Size Range: 
Micromount (under 1cm)
Size: 
0.1 × 0.1 × 0.1 cm
Description

Verified nugget of native ruthenium, one of the rarest native elements, from the type locality.

Analyzed specimen, see copy attached, that will be sent to the buyer.

Very difficult to get in certified specimens !

 

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Ruthenium

Formula: 
(Ru,Ir)
Strunz: 
1.AF.05
Crystal System: 
Hexagonal
Hardness: 
6.5
Type Locality: 
Horokanai placer, Uryugawa, Uryu-gun, Kamikawa Province, Hokkaido, Japan

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