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Platinum Mineral Data |
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Platinum Mineral Data |
General Platinum Information |
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 Chemical Formula: |
Pt |
| Composition: |
Molecular Weight = 195.08 gm |
| Platinum 100.00 % Pt | |
| ______ | |
| 100.00 % | |
| Empirical Formula: |
Pt |
| Environment: |
Mainly in grains and nuggets in alluvial deposits. |
| IMA Status: |
Valid Species (Pre-IMA) 1748 |
| Locality: |
Most notably from the Urals, Russia and Brazil. Link to MinDat.org Location Data. |
| Name Origin: |
Spanish, platina = "silver." |
| Name Pronunciation: |
Platinum  |
| Synonym: |
ICSD 64917 |
| PDF 4-802 | |