Gaotai village, Luan River (Luan He) valley, Chengde Prefecture, Hebei Province, China

Ultramafic chromite deposits and related placers along a tributary to the Luan river.
Located near Gaotai village, about 35 km NNE of Chengde.

Ref.:
- Yu Zuxiang (1995): Gaotaiite - a new iridium telluride. Acta Mineralogica Sinica 15(1), 1-4 (in Chinese with English abstract).
- Yu Zuxiang (1995): Chengdeite - ordered natural iron-iridium alloy. Acta Geologica Sinica 69(3), 215-220 (in Chinese with English abstract).

Mineral List:

	Chengdeite (TL)

	Chromite

	Erlichmanite

	Galena

	Gaotaiite (TL)

	Gold

	Inaglyite

	Irarsite

	Iridisite

	Iridium

	var: Osmiridium

	Isoferroplatinum

	Laurite

	Magnetite

	Osmium

	Platinum var: Ferroan Platinum

	Shuangfengite

17 entries listed. 14 valid minerals. 2 type localities (valid minerals).

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