Platinum

Origin: Salmon River, Alaska, U.S.A.

Owner: Lou Perloff

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Origin: man-made

Owner: Lou Perloff

Microscopic image

 

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Origin: Trinity River, Trinity Co., California, U.S.A.

Owner: Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County

Sample size: about 1.5 cm

 

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Well-formed crystal of native platinum with gold

Origin: Konder Mine, Konder alkaline-ultrabasic massif, Aldan shield, Saha (Sakha) Republic (Yakutia), Eastern-Siberian Region, Russia

Picture size: crystal 7 mm

Owner: Thomas Witzke

 

A nugget of native platinum

Origin: Goodnews Bay, Bethel Co., Alaska, USA

Picture size: diameter nugget 4 mm

Owner: Thomas Witzke

 

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A rare cluster of platinum crystals, one being an elongated 7 mm rectangular form instead of the typical cubic habit from this locality

Origin: Kondor, Eastern Siberia, Russia

Sample size: 7 x 6 x 5 mm (weight: 1.5 grams)

 

  

Origin: Norislk, Siberia

Sample size: 1.1 x 0.7 x 0.6 cm, weight: 4.4 grams

 

Origin: Tributary of Lower Kuskokwim River, Salmon River, Alaska, U.S.A.

Sample size: 2 x 0.7 x 0.5 cm

 

Origin: Talnakh Cu-Ni Deposit, Taimyr Peninsula, Noril'sk, Putoran Mts, Eastern-Siberian Region, Russia

Sample size: 0.5 x 0.4 x 0.4 cm

 

  

Origin: Goodnews Bay, Bethel Borough, Alaska, U.S.A.

Ex. Ed Ruggiero collection

sample size: 1.1 x 0.8 x 0.5 cm
 

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Origin: Choco Department, Colombia

Sample size: 1.8 x 3.5 mm

 

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Origin: Rio Tinto, Papayan, Cauca, Colombia, South America

Sample size: 0.7 cm (left), 0.6 cm (middle left), 0.6 cm (middle right), 0.5 cm (right)

 

     

Gold on platinum crystals

     

 

  

Ex. Keith Hayes collection

Origin: Kondyor Massif, Khabarovskiy Kray, Russia

Sample size: 4 x 4 x 3 mm (top), 0.7 x 0.7 x 0.4 cm (2nd/3rd row), 0.6 x 0.2 x 0.2 cm (4th/bottom row)

 

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