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Tetraferroplatinum from
Placer Deposits, Tulameen River, Similkameen Mining Division, British Columbia, Canada


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Tetraferroplatinum

Placer Deposits, Tulameen River, Similkameen Mining Division, British Columbia, Canada
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Tetraferroplatinum

Placer Deposits, Tulameen River, Similkameen Mining Division, British Columbia, Canada
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Tetraferroplatinum

Placer Deposits, Tulameen River, Similkameen Mining Division, British Columbia, Canada
Locality type:Deposit
Classification
Species:Tetraferroplatinum
Formula:PtFe
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Tetraferroplatinum data
Locality Data:Click here to view Placer Deposits, Tulameen River, Similkameen Mining Division, British Columbia, Canada
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:58517
Long-form Identifier:1:3:58517:6
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Tetraferroplatinum
2.2km (1.4 miles) ⓘPlacer deposits, Similkameen River, Princeton, Similkameen Mining Division, British Columbia, Canada
11.1km (6.9 miles) ⓘGrasshopper Mt, Tulameen River, Similkameen Mining Division, British Columbia, Canada
References
CM 13 (1975), 117
Cabri, Louis J., Feather, Clive E. (1975) Platinum-Iron Alloys: A Nomenclature Based on a Study of Natural and Synthetic Alloys. The Canadian Mineralogist, 13 (2) 117-126
Nixon, T. G., Cabri, L. J., Laflamme, J. G. (1990) Platinum-group-element mineralization in lode and placer deposits associated with the Tulameen Alaskan-type complex, British Columbia. The Canadian Mineralogist, 28 (3) 503-535
 
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