Durance alluvial deposits, Peyrolles-en-Provence, Aix-en-Provence, Bouches-du-Rhône, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, France

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Ref.: Y. Moëlo: "Compte-rendu de la réunion "Systématique des Minéraux" du 23 novembre 1989", Bull. Soc. Franç. Minéral.

Johan, Z., Ohnenstetter, M., Fischer, W., and Amossé, J. (1990) Platinum-group minerals from the Durance River alluvium, France. Mineralogy and Petrology: 42: 287-306.

Placer in Durance alluvium.

Several unknown phases are present : (Pt,Pd)2Cu3, Pt(Cu,Au), (Ni,Pt)Sn, (Cu,Fe)(Pd,Rh,Pt)2S2, (Pt,Pd)4+xCu2As1-x.

Source of Platinum-group minerals : an Alaskan-type intrusion.

Mineral List:

Bornite
Cuprorhodsite
'Glass'
Gold
Guanglinite

Heazlewoodite
Iridium
var: Osmiridium
Isoferroplatinum
Osmium

Osmium
var: Iridosmine
Rutheniridosmine
Shandite
Tetra-auricupride

14 entries listed. 10 valid minerals.

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