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Platinum : Pt

Chocó Department, Colombia

Silvery grey nugget of 1.8x3.5 mm
 © DV MineralsPhoto ID: 24073    View Count: 1114

Platinum : Pt

Chocó Department, Colombia

190.53 gr. nugget - Collection: Museo Regionale Scienze Naturali, Turin, Italy - Photo F. Malfatto
 © F. Malfatto for MRSN - TurinPhoto ID: 152981    View Count: 604

Multiple photos availablePlatinum : Pt

Pinto River, San Juan River Basin, Papayan, Cauca, Chocó Department, Colombia

Platinum nugget, from the type locality
5x2x4mm
 © J.J. EvansPhoto ID: 218320    View Count: 293

Platinum (Var: Palladian Platinum) : (Pt,Pd), Gold : Au

Paramangui stream, Bafing river, Guinea

Small 1.8x0.7 mm nugget of palladian platinum with overgrown grain of the latter fine gold Au995. Both platinum micronugget and latter gold were grow in the placier sands in situ. P.M. Kartashov collection and photo.
 © Pavel M. KartashovPhoto ID: 43350    View Count: 935

Platinum (Var: Palladian Platinum) : (Pt,Pd)

Paramangui stream, Bafing river, Guinea

Small 3.3x1.2 mm nugget of iron-free palladian platinum with dendritic morphology. It had grow in uncemented sands of a gold placier almost in room conditions! Pavel M. Kartashov collection and photo.
 © Pavel M. KartashovPhoto ID: 42622    View Count: 713

Platinum (Var: Palladian Platinum) : (Pt,Pd)

Paramangui stream, Bafing river, Guinea

Field of view 4x5 mm. Small nuggets of native iron-free palladian platinum (Pd content vary from 8 to 22 wt.%) of classic sinter morphology. Them were grow in placier sand in situ. Nuggets composed of intimately intergrowth of palladian platinum and palladian gold (which predominate). Outer parts of nuggets composed by platinum, inner ones - by ...
 © Pavel M. KartashovPhoto ID: 42620    View Count: 617

Platinum (Var: Rhodic Platinum) : (Pt,Rh), Anorthite : Ca[Al2Si2O8]

Vilyui River Basin (Vilui River Basin; Wilui River Basin), Saha Republic (Sakha Republic; Yakutia), Eastern-Siberian Region, Russia

Twinned cubo-octahedral crystals of iron-free rhodian platinum with composition (Pt.8Rh.2). The larger crystal is skeletoidal. Size of crystals are 0.12 and 0.10 mm. Matrix represented by pure anorthite An100. Unspecified platinum-gold placier in Vilyui river basin. P.M. Kartashov collection and photo.
 © Pavel M. KartashovPhoto ID: 42722    View Count: 883

Platinum : Pt

Talnakh Cu-Ni Deposit, Noril'sk, Putoran Plateau, Taimyr Peninsula, Taymyrskiy Autonomous Okrug, Eastern-Siberian Region, Russia

An extremely sharp , stereotypically cubic crystal of platinum. Fairly large size, as far as most of these go. It is complete all around. This specimen was formerly in the isometric thumbnails competition case of my mentor, Carlton Davis of Columbus , Ohio. 0.5 x 0.4 x 0.4 cm

 © Rob LavinskyPhoto ID: 51276    View Count: 4361

Multiple photos availablePlatinum : Pt

Aldan province, Khabarovskiy Kray, Far-Eastern Region, Russia

10 x 5 x 2 mm group of platinum crystals. Additional view on white background also uploaded. RFC 1991.
 © 2009 Michael C. RoarkePhoto ID: 250526    View Count: 91

Platinum : Pt, Gold : Au

Konder (Kondyor) alkaline-ultrabasic massif (Konder placiers; Konder mine), Aldan shield, Ayan-Maya district, Khabarovskiy Kray, Far-Eastern Region, Russia

Well defined interpenetrating Platinum crystals with a minor Gold dusting.
Specimen size, 7 mm and weighting 3,3 gram.
Collection and photo, Paul De Bondt.
 © Paul De BondtPhoto ID: 170748    View Count: 366
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