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Bowieite

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Description
Locality: 
Salmon River, Goodnews Bay, Bethel Borough, Alaska, United States of America
Class: 
Combination
Size Range: 
Micromount (under 1cm)
Size: 
0.8 × 0.5 × 0.5 cm
Description

Cylindrical polished section of SEVEN nuggets of the extremely rare rhodium mineral bowieite in a completely analyzed specimen by SEM/EDS (see photos). Carbon and oxygen in the analysis are due to O2 / CO2 impurities in the vacuum chamber where the spectrum is performed. Percent values of PGM metals are approximate , not exact.

Ex Vandenbroucke Museum collection from Waregem, Belgium.

Rhodium minerals are extremely rare in Nature, since only 22 from a total of 5676 minerals species known are Rhodium minerals ! 

Don't miss the opportunity to get these extreme rarity rarely seen on the systematic mineral market !

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Bowieite

Formula: 
(Rh,Ir,Pt)2S3
Strunz: 
2.DB.15
Crystal System: 
Orthorhombic
Hardness: 
7.0
Type Locality: 
Salmon River - Red Mountain District, Goodnews Bay, Bethel Borough, Alaska, USA

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