Ferronickelplatinum

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Bir Bir River, Yubdo District, Gimbi, West Welega Zone, Oromia Region, Ethiopia

Ferronickelplatinum, etc.

Bir Bir River, Yubdo District, Gimbi, West Welega Zone, Oromia Region, Ethiopia

Ferronickelplatinum

Ainusawa River, Haboro, Tomamae District, Rumoi Subprefecture, Hokkaidō Prefecture, Japan

Ferronickelplatinum

Bir Bir River, Yubdo District, Gimbi, West Welega Zone, Oromia Region, Ethiopia

Ferronickelplatinum, etc.

Bir Bir River, Yubdo District, Gimbi, West Welega Zone, Oromia Region, Ethiopia

Ferronickelplatinum

Ainusawa River, Haboro, Tomamae District, Rumoi Subprefecture, Hokkaidō Prefecture, Japan

Ferronickelplatinum

Bir Bir River, Yubdo District, Gimbi, West Welega Zone, Oromia Region, Ethiopia

Ferronickelplatinum, etc.

Bir Bir River, Yubdo District, Gimbi, West Welega Zone, Oromia Region, Ethiopia

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Formula:

Pt₂FeNi

Colour:

Silvery White

Lustre:

Metallic

Hardness:

5

Crystal System:

Tetragonal

Name:

For the chemical composition

Type Locality:

ⓘ Placer deposit, Northern Pekul'ney River (Northern Pekul'nei River; Northern Pekul'neyveem River), Pekul'ney Range (Pekul'nei Range), Chukotka Autonomous Okrug, Russia

Forms series with tulameenite. Compare 'UM1984-18-E:FeNiPt'.

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Mindat ID:

1523

Long-form identifier:

mindat:1:1:1523:9

GUID
(UUID V4):

4245809e-830c-4c2f-bcf4-917fd5a46877

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ID	Species	Reference	Link	Year	Locality	Pressure (GPa)	Temp (K)
0005245	Ferronickelplatinum	Bayliss P (1990) Revised unit cell dimensions, space group, and chemical formula of some metallic minerals The Canadian Mineralogist 28 751-755		1990		0	293

CIF Raw Data - click here to closedata_global _chemical_name_mineral 'Ferronickelplatinum' loop_ _publ_author_name 'Bayliss P' _journal_name_full 'The Canadian Mineralogist' _journal_volume 28 _journal_year 1990 _journal_page_first 751 _journal_page_last 755 _publ_section_title ; Revised unit cell dimensions, space group, and chemical formula of some metallic minerals ; _database_code_amcsd 0005245 _chemical_formula_sum '(Ni.5 Fe.5) Pt' _cell_length_a 2.731 _cell_length_b 2.731 _cell_length_c 3.641 _cell_angle_alpha 90 _cell_angle_beta 90 _cell_angle_gamma 90 _cell_volume 27.156 _exptl_crystal_density_diffrn 15.431 _symmetry_space_group_name_H-M 'P 4/m m m' loop_ _space_group_symop_operation_xyz 'x,y,z' '-y,-x,z' 'y,x,-z' 'y,-x,-z' '-y,x,z' 'x,-y,z' '-x,y,-z' 'x,y,-z' '-x,-y,z' 'y,x,z' '-y,-x,-z' '-y,x,-z' 'y,-x,z' '-x,y,z' 'x,-y,-z' '-x,-y,-z' loop_ _atom_site_label _atom_site_fract_x _atom_site_fract_y _atom_site_fract_z _atom_site_occupancy Ni 0.50000 0.50000 0.50000 0.50000 Fe 0.50000 0.50000 0.50000 0.50000 Pt 0.00000 0.00000 0.00000 1.00000

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Rudashevsky, N.S., Mochalov, A.G., Men'shikov, Yu.P., and Shumskaya, N.I. (1983) Ferronickelplatinum Pt2FeNi - a new mineral species. Zapiski Vserossiyskogo Mineralogicheskogo Obshchestva: 112: 487-494 (in Russian).

Rudashevsky, N.S., Mochalov, A.G., Men'shikov, Yu.P., and Shumskaya, N.I. (1983) Ferronickelplatinum Pt2FeNi - a new mineral species. Zapiski Vserossiyskogo Mineralogicheskogo Obshchestva: 112: 487-494 (in Russian).

Dunn P J, Cabri L J, Ferraiolo J A, Grice J D, Jambor J L, Mueller W, Shigley J E, Puziewicz J, Vanko D A (1984) New mineral names. American Mineralogist 69:1190-1191.

Bayliss P (1990) Revised unit cell dimensions, space group, and chemical formula of some metallic minerals. The Canadian Mineralogist 28, 751-755

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- This locality has map coordinates listed. - This locality has estimated coordinates. ⓘ - Click for references and further information on this occurrence. ? - Indicates mineral may be doubtful at this locality. - Good crystals or important locality for species. - World class for species or very significant. (TL) - Type Locality for a valid mineral species. (FRL) - First Recorded Locality for everything else (eg varieties). Struck out - Mineral was erroneously reported from this locality. Faded * - Never found at this locality but inferred to have existed at some point in the past (e.g. from pseudomorphs).

All localities listed without proper references should be considered as questionable.

Brazil
Bahia Maracás Rio Jacaré layered complex ⓘ Maracás Menchen mine	Campbell, R. A. (2012). Platinum Group Element (PGE) Mineralization Associated with Fe-Ti-V Deposit, Rio Jacaré Intrusion, Bahia State, Brazil. Bachelors honour thesis Dalhousie University, Halifax Nova Scotia
Canada
Ontario Thunder Bay District Seagull Lake Area Seagull Lake complex ⓘ Nipigon Reefs Project	Wilson, G., & Harper, G. (2013). Nipigon Reefs Project: A New Look at the PGE-bearing Seagull Mafic-Ultramafic Complex. Field Guide to the Copper-Nickel-Platinum Group Element Deposits of the Lake Superior Region, Precambrian Research Center Guidebook, 13-01.
Dominican Republic
Monseñor Nouel Province Bonao Falcondo Mines ⓘ Loma Peguera deposit	Zaccarini, F., Proenza, J. A., Lewis, J. F., & Garuti, G. Platinum-group elements distribution and mineralogy in Loma Peguera chromitites, Loma Caribe peridotite, Dominican Republic: preliminary results. pp 265-268
Ethiopia
Oromia Region West Welega Zone Gimbi Yubdo District (Joubdo District; Youbdo District; Joubda District) ⓘ Bir Bir River	Pavel M. Kartashov analytical data (2014)
France
Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes Ain Bourg-en-Bresse Lescheroux ⓘ Reyssouze River placer	Ducluzaux B. (2022). Recherche de platinoïdes alluvionnaires en France. AFM - Le Cahier des Micromonteurs. n°155 1-2022.
New Caledonia Southern Province Le Mont-Dore Ouen Island ⓘ Ouen Island ophiolite	33rd International Geological Congress (2008) session MPM-04 Platinum-group mineralogy: Platinum-group minerals in chromitite schlieren from the ouen island, new caledonia ophiolite
Japan
Hokkaidō Prefecture Rumoi Subprefecture Obira (Rumoi District) ⓘ Obirashibe River	NISHIO–HAMANE, D., & Saito, K. (2022). Platinum–group minerals in the placer deposit in northwestern Hokkaido, Japan: description of a new mineral, tomamaeite. Journal of Mineralogical and Petrological Sciences, 117(1), 220309.
Tomamae District Haboro ⓘ Ainusawa River	Dr Daisuke Nishio-Hamane, SEM analysis, University of Tokyo Electron Microprobe Section. NISHIO–HAMANE, D., & Saito, K. (2022). Platinum–group minerals in the placer deposit in northwestern Hokkaido, Japan: description of a new mineral, tomamaeite. Journal of Mineralogical and Petrological Sciences, 117(1), 220309.
ⓘ Moshosanbetsu River	NISHIO–HAMANE, D., & Saito, K. (2022). Platinum–group minerals in the placer deposit in northwestern Hokkaido, Japan: description of a new mineral, tomamaeite. Journal of Mineralogical and Petrological Sciences, 117(1), 220309.
Shosanbetsu ⓘ Minamichiyoda	NISHIO–HAMANE, D., & Saito, K. (2022). Platinum–group minerals in the placer deposit in northwestern Hokkaido, Japan: description of a new mineral, tomamaeite. Journal of Mineralogical and Petrological Sciences, 117(1), 220309.
Tomamae ⓘ Tomamae coast	NISHIO–HAMANE, D., & Saito, K. (2022). Platinum–group minerals in the placer deposit in northwestern Hokkaido, Japan: description of a new mineral, tomamaeite. Journal of Mineralogical and Petrological Sciences, 117(1), 220309.
Sorachi Subprefecture Numata ⓘ Numatapongawa	NISHIO–HAMANE, D., & Saito, K. (2022). Platinum–group minerals in the placer deposit in northwestern Hokkaido, Japan: description of a new mineral, tomamaeite. Journal of Mineralogical and Petrological Sciences, 117(1), 220309.
Russia (TL)
Chukotka Autonomous Okrug Pekul'ney Range (Pekul'nei Range) Northern Pekul'ney River (Northern Pekul'nei River; Northern Pekul'neyveem River) ⓘ Placer deposit (TL)	Rudashevskiy, N.S., Mochalov, A.G., Men'shikov, Y.P., Shumskaya, N.I. [Рудашевский, Н.С., Мочалов, А.Г., Меньшиков, Ю.П., Шумская, Н.И.] (1983) Ferronickelplatinum, Pt2FeNi, a new mineral species [Ферроникельплатина Pt2FeNi - новый минеральный вид]. Zapiski Vsesoyuznogo Mineralogicheskogo Obshchestva [Записки ВМО], 112, 4, 487-494 (in Russian) Pekov, Igor V. (1998) Minerals first discovered on the territory of the former Soviet Union. Ocean Pictures, Moscow. 369pp.
Kamchatka Krai Koryak Okrug Olyutorsky district ⓘ Matysken complex	Cabri, L. J., Oberthür, T., & Keays, R. R. (2022). Origin and depositional history of platinum-group minerals in placers–A critical review of facts and fiction. Ore Geology Reviews, 144, 104733.
ⓘ Matysken River	Cabri, L. J., Oberthür, T., & Keays, R. R. (2022). Origin and depositional history of platinum-group minerals in placers–A critical review of facts and fiction. Ore Geology Reviews, 144, 104733.
ⓘ Prizhimny Creek	Kutyrev, A. V., Sidorov, E. G., Antonov, A. V., & Chubarov, V. M. (2018). Platinum-group mineral assemblage of the Prizhimny Creek (Koryak Highland). Russian Geology and Geophysics, 59(8), 935-944. Kutyrev, A. V., Sidorov, E. G., Antonov, A. V., & Chubarov, V. M. (2018). Platinum-group mineral assemblage of the Prizhimny Creek (Koryak Highland). Russian Geology and Geophysics, 59(8), 935-944.
ⓘ Koriak-Kamchatka fold zone	Fejer, E. E. (1986). Thirty-fourth list of new mineral names. Mineralogical Magazine, 50, 741-61.
Krasnoyarsk Krai Lysanskiy dunite-peridotite-gabbro complex ⓘ Sisim Placer Zone	Barkov, A., Shvedov, G., & Martin, R. (2018). PGE–(REE–Ti)-rich micrometer-sized inclusions, mineral associations, compositional variations, and a potential lode source of platinum-group minerals in the Sisim Placer Zone, Eastern Sayans, Russia. Minerals, 8(5), 181.
Western Sayan range Idgimsky gabbro- peridotite-pyroxenite complex ⓘ Kalna river placers	Cherkasova, T. Y., & Korotchenko, T. V. (2014, August). Noble-metal mineralization in olivine clinopyroxenite within idgimskiy gabbro-peridotite-pyroxenite complex (West Sayan Mountains). In IOP Conference Series: Earth and Environmental Science (Vol. 21, No. 1, p. 012008). IOP Publishing.
Yermakovsky District ⓘ Bolshoy Khailyk River placers	Barkov, A. Y., Shvedov, G. I., Silyanov, S. A., & Martin, R. F. (2018). Mineralogy of Platinum-Group Elements and Gold in the Ophiolite-Related Placer of the River Bolshoy Khailyk, Western Sayans, Russia. Minerals, 8(6), 247. Barkov, Andrei Y., Nobumichi Tamura, Gennadiy I. Shvedov, Camelia V. Stan, Chi Ma, Björn Winkler, and Robert F. Martin. (2019) "Platiniferous Tetra-Auricupride: A Case Study from the Bolshoy Khailyk Placer Deposit, Western Sayans, Russia" Minerals 9, no. 3: 160. https://doi.org/10.3390/min9030160 Barkov, Andrei Y., Luca Bindi, Erick A. Juárez-Arellano, Nobumichi Tamura, Gennadiy I. Shvedov, Chi Ma, and Robert F. Martin (2021) "Unnamed Pt(Cu0.67Sn0.33) from the Bolshoy Khailyk River, Western Sayans, Russia, and a Review of Related Compounds and Solid Solutions" Minerals 11, no. 11: 1240. https://doi.org/10.3390/min11111240
Sverdlovsk Oblast Nizhnii Tagil Nizhnetagilskii massif (Nizhne-Tagilskii) ⓘ Gosshakhta Pt Mine	Pekov, Igor V. (1998) Minerals first discovered on the territory of the former Soviet Union. Ocean Pictures, Moscow. 369pp.
Novolyalinsky District ⓘ Kytlym complex (Kytlym massif)	Garuti, G., Pushkarev, E.V., and Zaccarini, F. (2002) Composition and paragenesis of Pt alloys from chromitites of the Uralian-Alaskan-type Kytlym and Uktus complexes, northern and central Urals, Russia. Canadian Mineralogist: 40: 1127-1146.
South Africa
ⓘ Bushveld Complex	www.bgr.de/b423/oberthuer_ptconf_pgm_bushveld.pdf. www.cosis.net/abstracts/EAE03/11407/EAE03-A-11407.pdf.
Limpopo Sekhukhune District Municipality Fetakgomo Tubatse Local Municipality Steelpoort ⓘ Onverwacht Mine	Oberthür, T., Melcher, F., Goldmann, S., & Fröhlich, F. (2021). High grade ores of the Onverwacht platinum pipe, eastern Bushveld, South Africa. The Canadian Mineralogist, 59(6), 1397-1435.
USA
Alaska Kodiak Island Borough Tugidak Island ⓘ Southern beach placer	Belkin, H. E., & Grosz, A. E. (2021). Platinum and gold placer from Tugidak Island, Alaska: Platinum-group minerals and their inclusions, gold, and chromite mineralogy. The Canadian Mineralogist, 59(4), 667-712.
Pennsylvania Chester County ⓘ West Nottingham Township	Smith, II, R. C. and Barnes, J. H. (2011)
Zimbabwe
Midlands Shurugwi District ⓘ Umtebekwe River	Oberthür, T., Weiser, T. W., Melcher, F., Gast, L., & Wöhrl, C. (2013). Detrital platinum-group minerals in rivers draining the Great Dyke, Zimbabwe. The Canadian Mineralogist, 51(2), 197-222.