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Rhenium Mineral Data
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General Rhenium Information
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 Chemical Formula: |
Re |
| Composition: |
Molecular Weight = 186.21 gm |
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Rhenium 100.00 % Re |
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100.00 % |
| Empirical Formula: |
Re |
| Environment: |
Occurs with other platinum group metals (Pt, Re, Os, Ir). Never found as a pure element, it is always alloyed with varing percentages of PGMS. |
| IMA Status: |
Not Approved IMA 1976 |
| Locality: |
Transbaikal, Russia. Link to MinDat.org Location Data. |
| Name Origin: |
Named for the Rhine River in Germany in 1925. |
| Name Pronunciation: |
Rhenium  |
| Synonym: |
ICSD 40355 |
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PDF 5-702 |
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