Ruthenium
Avrorinskii Placer, Aktai River, Baranchinsky Massif, Nizhnii Tagil, Sverdlovsk Oblast, Russia
1.2 x 0.8 x 0.8 cm (capsule). Native ruthenium is a very rare element, discovered in 1974. Specimens from any locality are rare and are very rarely available. The gel cap contains about 12 tiny silver-metallic flakes of this rare element (along with other rare elements) from this obscure placer deposit that is the unique Type Locality for three ...
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