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Awaruite

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Awaruite

Rare Mineral
Classic Locality

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Description
Locality: 
Josephine Creek Placer, Josephine Creek, Josephine County, Oregon, United States of America
Class: 
Massive/Crystalline
Size Range: 
Small miniature (3-4.5 cm)
Size: 
4 × 2 × 1.4 cm
Description

Here you see a fine waterworn nugget of "Josephinite", a very special rock, mainly composed by Awaruite and other undefined species. Awaruite is natural iron-nickel alloy and obviously extremely rare.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Awaruite

Formula: 
Ni3Fe
Strunz: 
1.AE.20
Crystal System: 
Isometric
Hardness: 
5.0
Type Locality: 
Gorge river, South Westland, South Island, New Zealand
Wendel Minerals

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