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Placer Deposit, Northern Pekul'nei River, Pekul'nei Range, Chukotskii Autonomous Okrug, Far-Eastern Region, Russia

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Cherepanovite : RhAs, Cooperite : (Pt,Pd,Ni)S, Osmium : (Os,Ir,Ru), Platinum : Pt

Placer Deposit, Northern Pekul'nei River, Pekul'nei Range, Chukotskii Autonomous Okrug, Far-Eastern Region, Russia

Creamy-grayish fractured grains of cherepanovite with gray granular cooperite, white massive grains of iridian ruthenian platinum and white crystals of iridian ruthenian osmium. Polished section in reflected light. Picture size 0.12 mm. Photographer and collection Thomas Witzke.
 © Thomas WitzkePhoto ID: 8084    View Count: 1068

Ferronickelplatinum : Pt2FeNi, Iridium : (Ir,Os,Ru), Laurite : RuS2, Osmium : (Os,Ir,Ru)

Placer Deposit, Northern Pekul'nei River, Pekul'nei Range, Chukotskii Autonomous Okrug, Far-Eastern Region, Russia

Scanning electron micrograph of a polished section containing ferronickelplatinum (FNP) in iridium (Ir) with laurite (L) and osmium (Os).
400 micron field of view. S096-35
Excalibur Mineral specimen.
 © 2008, JGWPhoto ID: 155909    View Count: 186
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