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Native Rhenium

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Native Rhenium

Rare Mineral

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Description
Locality: 
Zabaykalsky Krai, Russian Federation
Class: 
Crystal Group/Cluster
Size Range: 
Micromount (under 1cm)
Size: 
0.1 × 0.1 × 0.1 cm
Description

A lot of grains in a capsule formed by black metallic microcrystals of the extremely rare native element rhenium in an analyzed specimen by SEM/EDS, see copy enclosed. Analysis shows a purity of 86-91% Re, being the remaning W, Fe and Mn.

These grains were found in wolframite concentrates from this Russian locality.

Only 5 rhenium  minerals are described in the literature from  5848 mineral species known, so it is a real rarity !

One of the most sought after native elements !

Ex Vandenbroucke Museum collection from Waregem, Belgium.

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