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Cooperite & Ruthenium

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Cooperite & Ruthenium

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Description
Locality: 
Pekul'ney Range, Chukotka, Russian Federation
Class: 
Combination
Size Range: 
Thumbnail (1-3cm)
Size: 
0.5 × 1 × 0.8 cm
Description

Polished section of cooperite, ruthenium etc.(comes with documentation Prof. Rudashesvsky,SEM)

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Cooperite

Formula: 
PtS
Strunz: 
2.CC.35b
Hardness: 
4.0 - 5.0
Type Locality: 
Rustenburg Town & Townlands Mine, Rustenburg (Rustenburg District), Western Bushveld Complex, Bojanala Platinum District, North West Province, South Africa

Ruthenium

Formula: 
(Ru,Ir)
Strunz: 
1.AF.05
Crystal System: 
Hexagonal
Hardness: 
6.5
Type Locality: 
Horokanai placer, Uryugawa, Uryu-gun, Kamikawa Province, Hokkaido, Japan