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Ferroan Platinum

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Konder (Kondyor) alkaline-ultrabasic massif (Konder placiers; Konder mine), Aldan shield, Ayan-Maya district, Khabarovskiy Kray, Far-Eastern Region, Russia
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Formula:
(Pt,Fe)
System:IsometricColour:Grey
Lustre:Metallic
A variety of Platinum

A ferroan variety of Platinum with Fe contents in range 10-35 at %. Ferroan platinum differ from isoferroplatinum by simmetry of its unit cell .

Classification of Ferroan Platinum

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Physical Properties of Ferroan Platinum

Lustre:Metallic
Colour:Grey

Crystallography of Ferroan Platinum

Crystal System:Isometric

Optical Data of Ferroan Platinum

Type:Isotropic

Chemical Properties of Ferroan Platinum

Formula:
(Pt,Fe)
Essential elements:Fe, Pt
All elements listed in formula:Fe, Pt

Other Names for Ferroan Platinum

Synonyms:
Ferrian PlatinumPolyxen
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Other Information

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    Localities for Ferroan Platinum

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    Australia
     
    • New South Wales
      • Rous Co.
    		G. A. Albertson Data
        • Evans Head
    		G. A. Albertson Data
    Bulgaria
     
    • Kardzali (Kurdzhali; Kărdžali; Kurdjali) Oblast
    China
     
    • Hebei Province
      • Chengde Prefecture
        • Luan River (Luan He) valley
    		Yu Zuxiang (1995): Acta Mineralogica Sinica 15(1), 1-4.; Yu Zuxiang (1995): Acta Geologica Sinica 69(3), 215-220.
    Yu Zuxiang (1997): Acta Geologica Sinica 71(4), 486-490.
        • Xinglong Co.
    		Yu Zuxiang (1981): Geological Review 27, 55-71.
    Papua New Guinea
     
    • Northern Province (Oro Province)
    		[AmMin 85:1325]
    Russia
     
    • Eastern-Siberian Region
      • Saha Republic (Sakha Republic; Yakutia)
        • Aldan Shield
    		http://gsa.confex.com/gsa/2003AM/finalprogram/abstract_64355.htm
    • Far-Eastern Region
      • Khabarovskiy Kray
        • Ayan-Maya district
          • Aldan shield
    		Cabri, L.J., Laflamme, H.H. Giles, (1997), Platinum Group Minerals from the Konder Massif, Russian Far East, Min Rec. 28, 97-106
    • Urals Region
      • Middle Urals
        • Ekaterinburgskaya (Sverdlovskaya) Oblast'
          • Isovsky District
    		Generalov M.E., Naumov V.A., Mokhov A.V., Trubkin N.V. (1998) Isovite (Cr,Fe)23C6 - a new mineral from the gold-platinum -bearing placiers of the Urals, - Zapiski VMO, 127(5), pp. 26-37 (in Russian).
    South Africa
     
    • Limpopo Province
    		www.bgr.de/b423/oberthuer_ptconf_pgm_bushveld.pdf.
    • Mpumalanga Province
    		www.cosis.net/abstracts/EAE03/11407/EAE03-A-11407.pdf.
        • Lydenburg District
    USA
     
    • California
      • Butte Co.
        • Feather River
    		Clark, Wm. B. (1970a) Gold districts of California: California Division Mines & Geology Bulletin 193: 103-104; Pemberton, H. Earl (1983), Minerals of California; Van Nostrand Reinholt Press: 39.
      • Sacramento Co.
        • Folsom District
    		Sjoberg, J. and Gomes, J.M. (1980) Platinum-group minerals in California alluvial deposits. US Bureau of Mines, Reno Research Center, unpublished manuscript: 15, figure 1; Pemberton, H. Earl (1983), Minerals of California; Van Nostrand Reinholt Press: 43.
      • Shasta Co.
        • Redding District
          • Redding
    		Sjoberg, J. and Gomes, J.M. (1980) Platinum-group minerals in California alluvial deposits. US Bureau of Mines, Reno Research Center, unpublished manuscript: 15, figure 1; Pemberton, H. Earl (1983), Minerals of California; Van Nostrand Reinholt Press: 43.
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