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Tulameenite

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Description
Locality: 
Tulameen River, Similkameen, British Columbia, Canada
Class: 
Single Crystal
Size Range: 
Micromount (under 1cm)
Size: 
0.15 × 0.1 × 0.1 cm
Description

Outstanding (and big for the species) shiny silvery nugget of the extremely rare platinum mineral tulameenite from the type locality in Tulameen river, Canada, associated to tetraferroplatinum.

Analyzed specimen by SEM/EDS by Alfredo Petrov (see analysis enclosed).

Tulameenites in specimens different from polished sections are very rare in the mineral market.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Tulameenite

Formula: 
Pt2CuFe
Strunz: 
1.AG.40
Hardness: 
5.0
Colour: 
White
Type Locality: 
Placer Deposits, Tulameen River, Similkameen Mining Division, British Columbia, Canada

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