Moving mountains for you
Switch currency

Current Live Auctions

Current Live Fixed Price Sales

Platarsite

Views:
Watches:
SKY916578

Platarsite

Type Locality

Description Tabs

Description
Locality: 
Driekop Mine, Sekhukhuneland, Burgersfort, Limpopo Province, South Africa
Class: 
Single Crystal
Size Range: 
Micromount (under 1cm)
Size: 
0.1 × 0.1 × 0.1 cm
Description

A single metallic nugget of the very rare Pt-As-S mineral platarsite from a locality very close to the TL in Limpopo, Southfrica.

Probably 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.

No duplicates available

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Platarsite

Formula: 
PtAsS
Strunz: 
2.EB.25
Crystal System: 
Isometric
Hardness: 
7.5
Colour: 
Gray
Type Locality: 
Onverwacht Mine, Lydenburg, Eastern Bushveld Complex, Mpumalanga Province, South Africa

Seller Information

Payment options: offline, paypal_wpp, paypal_wps