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Chengdeite from
Gaositai Cr-PGE deposit (Gao District; Gaotai village), Gaositai, Chengde County, Chengde, Hebei, China


Locality type:Deposit
Classification
Species:Chengdeite
Formula:Ir3Fe
Comments:Note on the list of associated minerals: The English abstract of the paper by Yu (1995) reports more minerals than listed here, but it has the associates from this locality and the placer occurrences lumped together. The Chinese text lists individual parageneses for both occurrences and states that most of the minerals were only found in the placers.
Confirmation
Validity:Valid - Type Locality
Associated Minerals:
Associates:Inaglyite
Iridisite
Isoferroplatinum
Native Iridium
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Chengdeite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Gaositai Cr-PGE deposit (Gao District; Gaotai village), Gaositai, Chengde County, Chengde, Hebei, China
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:438394
Long-form Identifier:1:3:438394:9
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Chengdeite
11.0km (6.8 miles) ⓘWulie river placers, Chengde County, Chengde, Hebei, China
References
Zuxiang Yu (1995): Acta Geologica Sinica 69(3), 215-220
 
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