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Ruthenium

Rare Mineral

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Description
Locality: 
Miass River, Chelyabinsk Oblast, Russian Federation
Class: 
Single Crystal
Size Range: 
Micromount (under 1cm)
Size: 
0.05 × 0.05 × 0.05 cm
Description

Verified very small nugget of native ruthenium, one of the rarest native elements, from a Russian river.

Analyzed specimen, see copy attached.

Very difficult to get in analyzed pecimens !

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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