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Hollingworthite Isoferroplatinum & Sperrylite

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Hollingworthite Isoferroplatinum & Sperrylite

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Description
Locality: 
Mount Filipp, Olyutorsky District, Kamchatka Krai, Russian Federation
Class: 
Massive/Crystalline
Size Range: 
Thumbnail (1-3cm)
Size: 
2.5 × 2.5 × 0.8 cm
Description

You are bidding on a polished, analyzed probe mount with rare hollingworthite in matrix with isoferroplatinum and sperrylite. Comes with complete analysis papers. Bearer measures 2.5cm for scale. 

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Hollingworthite

Formula: 
(Rh,Pt,Pd)AsS
Strunz: 
2.EB.25
Hardness: 
6.0 - 6.5
Colour: 
Grey
Type Locality: 
Driekop mine, Sekhukhuneland, Burgersfort, Bushveld Complex, Limpopo Province, South Africa

Isoferroplatinum

Formula: 
Pt3Fe
Strunz: 
1.AG.35
Crystal System: 
Isometric
Hardness: 
5.0
Type Locality: 
Placer Deposits, Tulameen River, Similkameen Mining Division, British Columbia, Canada

Sperrylite

Formula: 
PtAs2
Strunz: 
2.EB.05a
Crystal System: 
Isometric
Hardness: 
6.0 - 7.0
Colour: 
Tin-white
Type Locality: 
Vermilion Mine, Denison Township, Sudbury District, Ontario, Canada

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