Ruthenium

Formula: Ru

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Palladodymite (light gray, in two small grains), hongshiite (pale creamy grayish, tarnished brownish) in massive ruthenium. Polished section (from microprobe analysis) in reflected light.
Origin: Miass River, Zlatoust, Ilmen Mts, Chelyabinsk Oblast', Urals Region, Russia
Picture size: 0.09 mm
Owner: Thomas Witzke
 

Photo courtesy of: 

Thomas Witzke

Institut für Mineralogie und Lagerstättenlehre
Aachen, Germany

 

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