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Iridium Var Osmiridium & Platinum

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Iridium Var Osmiridium & Platinum

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Description
Locality: 
(Urals), Russian Federation
Class: 
Combination
Size Range: 
Micromount (under 1cm)
Size: 
0.1 × 0.1 × 0.1 cm
Description

Mixed grains of dark osmiridium (nevyanskite) and silvery platinum

 

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Iridium

Formula: 
(Ir,Os,Ru)
Strunz: 
1.AF.10
Crystal System: 
Isometric
Hardness: 
6.0 - 7.0

Osmiridium

Variety Of: 

Iridium

Formula: 
(Ir,Os,Ru)
Strunz: 
1.AF.10
Hardness: 
6.0 - 7.0
Hardness: 
0.0

Platinum

Formula: 
Pt
Strunz: 
1.AF.10
Crystal System: 
Isometric
Hardness: 
4.0 - 4.5
Type Locality: 
Pinto River, San Juan Basin, Mun. de Novita, Chocó Department, Colombia