Embedded in oldmanite in an achondrite meteorite, as inclusions in corundum, in weathered detritus from a breccia pipe cemented with an alkalic ultramafic cement. Synthetic material used for golden metallic coatings on
IMA Status:
Valid Species (Pre-IMA) 1870
Locality:
In the Bustee meteorite. In Russia, from an undefined locality "near the junction of the Azov block with the Donbas." Link to MinDat.org Location Data.
Name Origin:
For George Osborn, who sent to London the meteorite in which the species was found.
Chemical Formula: 