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Malanite

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Description
Locality: 
Malan River Valley, Zunhua County, Tangshan, Hebei Province, China (Peoples Republic)
Class: 
Massive/Crystalline
Size Range: 
Thumbnail (1-3cm)
Size: 
2.3 × 1.5 × 0.5 cm
Description

Metallic microinclusions of the extremely rare Ir-Pt mineral malanite in unspecified golden sulphides, from a cotype locality in Malan, China.

Associated minerals after the label are olivine, serpentine and pyroxene.

The specimen is polished on two sides because it was analyzed by the former owner of the specimen (the Vandenbroucke Museum) , but the analysis is no longer available.

Ex Vandenbroucke Museum collection from Waregem, Belgium.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Malanite

Formula: 
Cu(Pt3+,Ir3+)2S4
Strunz: 
2.DA.05
Crystal System: 
Isometric
Hardness: 
5.0
Streak: 
Black
Type Locality: 
Unnamed Ni-Cu deposit, Malan river valley, Zunhua Co., Tangshan Prefecture, Hebei Province, China

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