Nickel mine in laterite.
Falcondoite was found in garnierite veins which cut an extensive laterite, associated with a serpentinized harzburgite massif.
Unnamed compositions: 'nickelferroplatinum' and Ir(Fe,Ni)3, (Ir,Pt)(Fe,Ni), (Ru,Pt)(Fe,Ni), (Fe,Ni,Ru,Os,Co)2S, and RhNiAs.
References:
- 33rd International Geological Congress (2008) session MPM-04 Platinum-group mineralogy: Platinum group minerals (PGM) in the Loma Peguera ophiolitic chromitite (Central Dominican Republic): New data using Electric Pulse Disaggregation and Hydroseparation techniques
- Zaccarini, Federica; Proenza, Joaquin A.; Rudashevsky, Nikolay S.; Cabri, Louis J.; Garuti, Giorgio; Rudashevsky, Vladimir N.; Melgarejo, Joan C.; Lewis, John F.; Longo, Francisco; Bakker, Ronald J.; Stanley, Chris J. (2009): The Loma Peguera ophiolitic chromitite (Central Dominican Republic): a source of new platinum group minerals (PGM) species. Neues Jahrbuch für Mineralogie - Abhandlungen, 185, 335-349.
Mineral List:16 entries listed. 13 valid minerals. 2 type localities (valid minerals).
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