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Kingstonite from
Bir Bir River, Yubdo District (Joubdo District; Youbdo District; Joubda District), Gimbi, West Welega Zone, Oromia Region, Ethiopia


Locality type:River
Classification
Species:Kingstonite
Formula:(Rh,Ir,Pt)3S4
Confirmation
Validity:Valid - Type Locality
Associated Minerals Based on Photo Data:
Cuprorhodsiteⓘ1 photo of Kingstonite associated with Cuprorhodsite at this locality.
Isoferroplatinumⓘ1 photo of Kingstonite associated with Isoferroplatinum at this locality.
Lauriteⓘ1 photo of Kingstonite associated with Laurite at this locality.
Osmiumⓘ1 photo of Kingstonite associated with Osmium at this locality.
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Kingstonite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Bir Bir River, Yubdo District (Joubdo District; Youbdo District; Joubda District), Gimbi, West Welega Zone, Oromia Region, Ethiopia
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:339126
Long-form Identifier:1:3:339126:6
GUID (UUID V4):fb3d0b65-1580-4f14-917c-3e1eaa57ae9c
References
Reference Search (possible matching items)
Report (issue)
Kingstonite (Rh,Ir,Pt)3S4 Crystal Data: Monoclinic. Point Group: 2/m. Physical Properties: Cleavage:...X-ray Powder Pattern: Bir Bir River, Yubdo district, Wallaga province, Ethiopia. 3.156 (100), 3.081 (100)...46 25.54 100.00 (1) Bir Bir River, Yubdo district, Wallaga province, Ethiopia; average of 20 electron...Distribution: From the Bir Bir River, Yubdo district, Wallaga province, Ethiopia. Name: Honors Dr. Gordon...D. Welch (2005) Kingstonite, (Rh,Ir,Pt)3S4, a new mineral species from Yubdo, Ethiopia. Mineral. Mag.
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
69(4), pp. 447±453 Kingstonite, (Rh,Ir,Pt)3S4, a new mineral species from Yubdo, Ethiopia 1, C. J. STANLEY...TR ACT Kingstonite, ideally Rh3S4, is a new mineral from the Bir Bir river, Yubdo District, Wallaga...Wallaga Province, Ethiopia. It occurs as subhedral, tabular elongate to anhedral inclusions in a Pt-Fe nugget...kg/mm . In plane-polarized reflected light, kingstonite is a pale slightly brownish grey colour. It is...based on 7 atoms per formula unit (a.p.f.u.). Kingstonite is monoclinic Ê , = 109.000(5)ë, V = 666.34(1)
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
D. Welch (2005) Kingstonite, (Rh,Ir,Pt)3S4, a new mineral species from Yubdo, Ethiopia. Mineral. Mag....ßuoropargasite is in agreement with KINGSTONITE* Kingstonite occurs as subhedral to anhedral, elongate...Pt-Fe alloys from the Bir Bir river, Yubdo district, Wallaga province, Ethiopia. It is opaque, has a metallic...7.52 g/cm3 (Z = 6). The crystal structure of kingstonite was solved and reÞned using a 35 × 10 × 10 µm...0378 for 830 reßections with Fo > 2.5σ(Fo). Kingstonite is monoclinic, C2/m, a = 10.4616(5), b = 10.7527(5)
Journal (issue)
Exposition • 1305 MemorialAvenue • (1 mile west of 1-91) West Springfield, MA - AUG. 11 - 13, 2006 ~~~...available. Relatively few mineral examples from this region seem to be available or represented in collections...Stretching a mere 50km north/south along the Miass River in the southern Urals, the Ilmeny boasts over 270...personal invitations to your clients in the show region. Bring new and interesting material, present it...is named after its type locality in the Chivruai River valley (the Lovozero massif, Kola Peninsula, Russia)
Journal (issue)
the Cam borne School of Mines (CSM) in glorious west Cornwall. My original idea was to do a degree in...ore minerals. Kingstonite, (Rh, Ir, Pt}3S4 This mineral from the Bir Bir River, Ethiopia occurred as tiny...ferroplatinum. The problem of removing a grain of kingstonite for characterisation was finally solved by using...133 in the book 'Minerals of the English Lake District, Caldbeck Fells' written by himself and Mick Cooper...with only a few grains, as in the case of the kingstonite discussed previously. Daliranite, PbHgAs2Ss
 
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