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Erlichmanite

A valid IMA mineral species

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Erlichmanite

Konder alkaline-ultrabasic massif, Ayano-Maysky district, Khabarovsk Krai, Russia

Erlichmanite, etc.

Baranchinsky Massif, Nizhnii Tagil, Sverdlovsk Oblast, Russia

Erlichmanite, etc.

Haraigawa, Misato, Shimomashiki District, Kumamoto Prefecture, Japan

Erlichmanite

Konder alkaline-ultrabasic massif, Ayano-Maysky district, Khabarovsk Krai, Russia

Erlichmanite, etc.

Baranchinsky Massif, Nizhnii Tagil, Sverdlovsk Oblast, Russia

Erlichmanite, etc.

Haraigawa, Misato, Shimomashiki District, Kumamoto Prefecture, Japan

Erlichmanite

Konder alkaline-ultrabasic massif, Ayano-Maysky district, Khabarovsk Krai, Russia

Erlichmanite, etc.

Baranchinsky Massif, Nizhnii Tagil, Sverdlovsk Oblast, Russia

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About ErlichmaniteHide

Formula:

OsS₂

Colour:

Gray

Lustre:

Metallic

Hardness:

4½ - 5½

Specific Gravity:

8.28

Crystal System:

Isometric

Member of:

Pyrite Group

Name:

Named in honor of Jozef Erlichman (2 March 1935, Amsterdam, Netherlands - 17 October 2022), electron microprobe analyst for the Planetology Branch, NASA-Ames Research Center, employee of Applied Space Products, Palo Alto, California. He identified or worked on several new minerals. It is pronounce ər'-lik-man-īt.

Type Locality:

ⓘ MacIntosh Mine, Willow Creek (China Flat), Willow Creek Mining District, Klamath Mountains, Humboldt County, California, USA

Pyrite Group. Erlichmanite-Laurite Series. Compare 'UM1974-14-S:NiOs'.

Unique IdentifiersHide

Mindat ID:

1401

Long-form identifier:

mindat:1:1:1401:0

IMA Classification of ErlichmaniteHide

IMA status:

Approved

IMA Formula:

Os²⁺(S₂)^2-

Approval year:

1970

First published:

1971

Classification of ErlichmaniteHide

Strunz-mindat (2026):

2.EB.05a

2 : SULFIDES and SULFOSALTS (sulfides, selenides, tellurides; arsenides, antimonides, bismuthides; sulfarsenites, sulfantimonites, sulfbismuthites, etc.)
E : Metal Sulfides, M: S <= 1:2
B : M:S = 1:2, with Fe, Co, Ni, PGE, etc.

Dana 8th ed.:

2.12.1.16

2 : SULFIDES
12 : A_mB_nX_p, with (m+n):p = 1:2

Hey's CIM Ref.:

3.12.57

3 : Sulphides, Selenides, Tellurides, Arsenides and Bismuthides (except the arsenides, antimonides and bismuthides of Cu, Ag and Au, which are included in Section 1)
12 : Sulphides etc. of the platinum metals

Mineral SymbolsHide

As of 2021 there are now IMA–CNMNC approved mineral symbols (abbreviations) for each mineral species, useful for tables and diagrams.

Please only use the official IMA–CNMNC symbol. Older variants are listed for historical use only.

Symbol	Source	Reference for Standard
Erl	IMA–CNMNC	Warr, L.N. (2021). IMA–CNMNC approved mineral symbols. Mineralogical Magazine, 85(3), 291-320. doi:10.1180/mgm.2021.43
Erl	The Canadian Mineralogist (2019)	The Canadian Mineralogist (2019) The Canadian Mineralogist list of symbols for rock- and ore-forming minerals (December 30, 2019). download

Physical Properties of ErlichmaniteHide

Lustre:

Metallic

Transparency:

Opaque

Colour:

Gray

Hardness:

4½ - 5½ on Mohs scale

Hardness:

VHN₁₀₀=1730 - 1950 kg/mm² - Vickers

Density:

8.28 g/cm³ (Measured) 9.59 g/cm³ (Calculated)

Optical Data of ErlichmaniteHide

Reflectivity:

Wavelength	R₁ (%)
400nm	44.4%
420nm	44.2%
440nm	44.0%
460nm	43.8%
580nm	43.4%
500nm	43.0%
520nm	42.7%
540nm	42.2%
560nm	41.7%
580nm	41.3%
600nm	40.9%
620nm	40.4%
640nm	40.0%
660nm	39.4%
680nm	38.8%
700nm	38.2%

Graph shows reflectance levels at different wavelengths (in nm). Peak reflectance is 44.4%.

Pleochroism:

Non-pleochroic

Chemistry of ErlichmaniteHide

Mindat Formula:

OsS₂

Element Weights:

Element	% weight
Os	74.788 %
S	25.212 %

Calculated from ideal end-member formula.

Elements listed:

Os, S - search for minerals with similar chemistry

Common Impurities:

Ir,Rh,Ru,Pd

Crystallography of ErlichmaniteHide

Crystal System:

Isometric

Class (H-M):

m3(2/m3) - Diploidal

Space Group:

Pa3

Setting:

Pa3

Cell Parameters:

a = 5.6196(3) Å

Unit Cell V:

177.47 Å³ (Calculated from Unit Cell)

Morphology:

Pyritohedral crystals, grains.

Comment:

Synthetic

Crystal StructureHide

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ID	Species	Reference	Link	Year	Locality	Pressure (GPa)	Temp (K)
0011029	Erlichmanite	Stingl T, Muller B, Lutz H D (1992) Crystal structure refinement of osmium(II) disulfide, OsS2 Zeitschrift fur Kristallographie 202 161-162		1992		0	293
0017725	Erlichmanite	Oftedal I (1928) Uber die Kristallstrukturen der verbindungen RuS2, OsS2, MnTe2 und AuSb2. Mit einem Anhang uber die Gitterkonstant von Pyrit Zeitschrift fur Physikalische Chemie 135 291-299		1928		0	293

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_publ_author_name
'Stingl T'
'Muller B'
'Lutz H D'
_journal_name_full 'Zeitschrift fur Kristallographie'
_journal_volume 202 
_journal_year 1992
_journal_page_first 161
_journal_page_last 162
_publ_section_title
;
 Crystal structure refinement of osmium(II) disulfide, OsS2
;
_database_code_amcsd 0011029
_chemical_formula_sum 'Os S2'
_cell_length_a 5.6194
_cell_length_b 5.6194
_cell_length_c 5.6194
_cell_angle_alpha 90
_cell_angle_beta 90
_cell_angle_gamma 90
_cell_volume 177.447
_exptl_crystal_density_diffrn      9.520
_symmetry_space_group_name_H-M 'P a 3'
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  '1/2+z,x,1/2-y'
  'z,1/2-x,1/2+y'
  '1/2-z,1/2+x,y'
  '-z,-x,-y'
  '1/2+y,1/2-z,-x'
  '1/2-y,-z,1/2+x'
  '-y,1/2+z,1/2-x'
  'y,z,x'
  'x,1/2-y,1/2+z'
  '1/2-x,1/2+y,z'
  '1/2+x,y,1/2-z'
  '-x,-y,-z'
  '1/2-z,-x,1/2+y'
  '-z,1/2+x,1/2-y'
  '1/2+z,1/2-x,-y'
  'z,x,y'
  '1/2-y,1/2+z,x'
  '1/2+y,z,1/2-x'
  'y,1/2-z,1/2+x'
  '-y,-z,-x'
  '-x,1/2+y,1/2-z'
  '1/2+x,1/2-y,-z'
  '1/2-x,-y,1/2+z'
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Os   0.00000   0.00000   0.00000
S   0.38616   0.38616   0.38616
loop_
_atom_site_aniso_label
_atom_site_aniso_U_11
_atom_site_aniso_U_22
_atom_site_aniso_U_33
_atom_site_aniso_U_12
_atom_site_aniso_U_13
_atom_site_aniso_U_23
Os 0.00205 0.00205 0.00205 -0.00004 -0.00004 -0.00004
S 0.00288 0.00288 0.00288 0.00010 0.00010 0.00010

X-Ray Powder DiffractionHide

Powder Diffraction Data:

d-spacing	Intensity
3.24 Å	(100)
2.810 Å	(85)
1.987 Å	(55)
1.694 Å	(85)
1.081 Å	(30)
0.787 Å	(55)
0.780 Å	(65)

Geological EnvironmentHide

Paragenetic Mode(s):

Paragenetic Mode	Earliest Age (Ga)
Stage 2: Planetesimal differentiation and alteration	4.566-4.550
6 : Secondary asteroid phases	4.566-4.560
Stage 4b: Highly evolved igneous rocks	>3.0
36 : Carbonatites, kimberlites, and related igneous rocks
37 : Layered igneous intrusions and related PGE minerals
Stage 5: Initiation of plate tectonics	<3.5-2.5
38 : Ophiolites

Geological Setting:

Platinum placers

Type Occurrence of ErlichmaniteHide

Type Locality:

ⓘ MacIntosh Mine, Willow Creek (China Flat), Willow Creek Mining District, Klamath Mountains, Humboldt County, California, USA

General Appearance of Type Material:

20 µm grains in ferroplatinum.

Place of Conservation of Type Material:

Stanford Research Collection, Stanford University, California, USA, number 5196.
National Museum of National History, Washington, D.C., USA, number 123914.

Geological Setting of Type Material:

Noble-metal placer deposit.

Associated Minerals at Type Locality:

'Iron-Platinum alloy'

Synonyms of ErlichmaniteHide

IMA1970-048

Other Language Names for ErlichmaniteHide

Dutch:Erlichmaniet

German:Erlichmanit

Russian:Эрликманит

Simplified Chinese:硫锇矿

Spanish:Erlichmanita

Traditional Chinese:硫鋨礦

Relationship of Erlichmanite to other SpeciesHide

Member of:

Pyrite Group

Other Members of Pyrite Group:

Aurostibite	AuSb₂	Iso. m3(2/m3) : Pa3
Cattierite	CoS₂	Iso. m3(2/m3) : Pa3
Dzharkenite	FeSe₂	Iso. m3(2/m3) : Pa3
Fukuchilite	Cu₃FeS₈	Iso. m3(2/m3) : Pa3
Gaotaiite	Ir₃Te₈	Iso. m3(2/m3) : Pa3
Geversite	PtSb₂	Iso. m3(2/m3) : Pa3
Hauerite	MnS₂	Iso. m3(2/m3) : Pa3
Insizwaite	PtBi₂	Iso. m3(2/m3) : Pa3
Kruťaite	CuSe₂	Iso. m3(2/m3) : Pa3
Laurite	RuS₂	Iso. m3(2/m3) : Pa3
Penroseite	(Ni,Co,Cu)Se₂	Iso. m3(2/m3) : Pa3
Pyrite	FeS₂	Iso. m3(2/m3) : Pa3
Sperrylite	PtAs₂	Iso. m3(2/m3) : Pa3
Trogtalite	CoSe₂	Iso. m3(2/m3) : Pa3
Vaesite	NiS₂	Iso. m3(2/m3) : Pa3
Villamanínite	(Cu,Ni,Co,Fe)S₂	Tric.

Forms a series with:

Laurite

Erlichmanite-Laurite Series

Common AssociatesHide

Associations Based on Photo Data:

4 photos of Erlichmanite associated with Isoferroplatinum	Pt₃Fe
3 photos of Erlichmanite associated with Tulameenite	Pt₂CuFe
2 photos of Erlichmanite associated with Cuproiridsite	(Cu,Fe)Ir₂S₄
2 photos of Erlichmanite associated with Native Osmium	(Os,Ir,Ru)
2 photos of Erlichmanite associated with Native Iridium	(Ir,Os,Ru)
2 photos of Erlichmanite associated with Chromite	Fe²⁺Cr³⁺₂O₄
1 photo of Erlichmanite associated with Cuprorhodsite	(Cu⁺_0.5Fe³⁺_0.5)Rh³⁺₂S₄
1 photo of Erlichmanite associated with Kashinite	Ir₂S₃
1 photo of Erlichmanite associated with Bowieite	Rh₂S₃
1 photo of Erlichmanite associated with Hollingworthite	(Rh,Pt,Pd)AsS

Related Minerals - Strunz-mindat Grouping Hide

2.EB.	Selenolaurite	RuSe₂	Iso. m3(2/m3) : Pa3
2.EB.	Andrieslombaardite	RhSbS	Iso. 23 : P2₁3
2.EB.	Iridarsenite	(Ir,Ru)As₂	Mon. 2/m : P2₁/b
2.EB.	Kanatzidisite	(SbBiS₃)₂Te₂	Mon. 2/m : P2₁/m
2.EB.05a	Vaesite	NiS₂	Iso. m3(2/m3) : Pa3
2.EB.05a	Hauerite	MnS₂	Iso. m3(2/m3) : Pa3
2.EB.05a	Laurite	RuS₂	Iso. m3(2/m3) : Pa3
2.EB.05a	Gaotaiite	Ir₃Te₈	Iso. m3(2/m3) : Pa3
2.EB.05a	Penroseite	(Ni,Co,Cu)Se₂	Iso. m3(2/m3) : Pa3
2.EB.05a	Fukuchilite	Cu₃FeS₈	Iso. m3(2/m3) : Pa3
2.EB.05a	Villamanínite	(Cu,Ni,Co,Fe)S₂	Tric.
2.EB.05a	Sperrylite	PtAs₂	Iso. m3(2/m3) : Pa3
2.EB.05a	Geversite	PtSb₂	Iso. m3(2/m3) : Pa3
2.EB.05a	Cattierite	CoS₂	Iso. m3(2/m3) : Pa3
2.EB.05a	Aurostibite	AuSb₂	Iso. m3(2/m3) : Pa3
2.EB.05a	Trogtalite	CoSe₂	Iso. m3(2/m3) : Pa3
2.EB.05a v	'Cayeuxite'
2.EB.05a	Kruťaite	CuSe₂	Iso. m3(2/m3) : Pa3
2.EB.05a	Pyrite	FeS₂	Iso. m3(2/m3) : Pa3
2.EB.05a	Insizwaite	PtBi₂	Iso. m3(2/m3) : Pa3
2.EB.05b	Bambollaite	Cu(Se,Te)₂	Tet.
2.EB.05a	Dzharkenite	FeSe₂	Iso. m3(2/m3) : Pa3
2.EB.10a	Marcasite	FeS₂	Orth. mmm(2/m2/m2/m) : Pnnm
2.EB.10e	Paracostibite	CoSbS	Orth. mmm(2/m2/m2/m) : Pbca
2.EB.10f	Oenite	CoSbAs	Orth.
2.EB.10e	Pararammelsbergite	NiAs₂	Orth. mmm(2/m2/m2/m) : Pbca
2.EB.10a	Mattagamite	CoTe₂	Orth. mmm(2/m2/m2/m) : Pnnm
2.EB.10a	Frohbergite	FeTe₂	Orth. mmm(2/m2/m2/m) : Pnnm
2.EB.10d	Costibite	CoSbS	Orth. mm2 : Pmn2₁
2.EB.10b	Alloclasite	Co_1-xFe_xAsS	Mon. 2 : P2₁
2.EB.10c	Glaucodot	(Co_0.50Fe_0.50)AsS	Orth. mm2 : Pmn2₁
2.EB.10a	Petříčekite	CuSe₂	Orth. mmm(2/m2/m2/m) : Pnnm
2.EB.10a	Kullerudite	NiSe₂	Orth. mmm(2/m2/m2/m) : Pnnm
2.EB.10a	Ferroselite	FeSe₂	Orth. mmm(2/m2/m2/m) : Pnnm
2.EB.15b	Seinäjokite	FeSb₂	Orth.
2.EB.15a	Rammelsbergite	NiAs₂	Orth. mmm(2/m2/m2/m) : Pnnm
2.EB.15a	Clinosafflorite	CoAs₂	Mon. 2/m : P2₁/m
2.EB.15c	Paxite	CuAs₂	Mon. 2/m : P2₁/b
2.EB.15a	Nisbite	NiSb₂	Orth. mmm(2/m2/m2/m) : Pnnm
2.EB.15a	Löllingite	FeAs₂	Orth. mmm(2/m2/m2/m) : Pnnm
2.EB.15a	Safflorite	(Co,Ni,Fe)As₂	Orth. mmm(2/m2/m2/m) : Pnnm
2.EB.15a	Omeiite	OsAs₂	Orth.
2.EB.15a	Anduoite	RuAs₂	Orth.
2.EB.20	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	Mon. 2/m : P2₁/b
2.EB.20	Ruarsite	(Ru,Os)AsS	Mon.
2.EB.20	Osarsite	(Os,Ru)AsS	Mon.
2.EB.20	Gudmundite	FeSbS	Mon. 2/m : P2₁/b
2.EB.25	Mayingite	IrBiTe	Iso. m3(2/m3) : Pa3
2.EB.25	Maslovite	PtBiTe	Iso. 23 : P2₁3
2.EB.25	Paragersdorffite	Ni(As,S)₂	Iso. m3(2/m3) : Pa3
2.EB.25	Orthogersdorffite	NiAsS	Orth. mm2 : Pca2₁
2.EB.25	Sulfopadmaite	PdBiS	Iso. 23 : P2₁3
2.EB.25	Jolliffeite	NiAsSe	Iso. m3(2/m3) : Pa3
2.EB.25	Cobaltite	CoAsS	Orth. mm2 : Pca2₁
2.EB.25	Guixiangite	NiBiS	Iso. 23 : P2₁3
2.EB.25	Testibiopalladite	PdSbTe	Iso.
2.EB.25 va	'Antimony-bearing Gersdorffite'	Ni(As,Sb)S
2.EB.25	Kalungaite	PdAsSe	Iso. m3(2/m3) : Pa3
2.EB.25	Hollingworthite	(Rh,Pt,Pd)AsS	Iso. m3(2/m3) : Pa3
2.EB.25	Michenerite	PdBiTe	Iso. 23 : P2₁3
2.EB.25	Gersdorffite	NiAsS	Iso. 23 : P2₁3
2.EB.25	Milotaite	PdSbSe	Iso. 23 : P2₁3
2.EB.25	Tolovkite	IrSbS	Iso.
2.EB.25	'Platarsite'	Pt(As,S)₂	Iso. m3(2/m3) : Pa3
2.EB.25	Willyamite	CoSbS
2.EB.25	Changchengite	IrBiS	Iso. 23 : P2₁3
2.EB.25	Kvačekite	NiSbSe	Iso. 23 : P2₁3
2.EB.25	Krutovite	NiAs₂	Iso. 23 : P2₁3
2.EB.25	Padmaite	PdBiSe	Iso. 432
2.EB.25	Ullmannite	NiSbS	Iso. 23 : P2₁3
2.EB.25	Irarsite	(Ir,Ru,Rh,Pt)AsS	Iso. m3(2/m3) : Pa3
2.EB.30	Urvantsevite	Pd(Bi,Pb)₂	Tet. 4/mmm(4/m2/m2/m) : I4/mmm
2.EB.35	Rheniite	ReS₂	Tric. 1 : P1

Other InformationHide

Health Risks:

No information on health risks for this material has been entered into the database. You should always treat mineral specimens with care.

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References for ErlichmaniteHide

Reference List:

Oftedal, Ivar (1928) Über die Kristallstrukturen der Verbindungen RuS₂, OsS₂, MnTe₂ und AuSb₂. Zeitschrift für Physikalische Chemie, 135 (1). 291-299 doi:10.1515/zpch-1928-13519

Snetsinger, Kenneth G. (1971) Erlichmanite, OsS2, a new mineral. American Mineralogist, 56 (9-10) 1501-1506

Lutz, H. D.; Willich, P. (1977) Gitterschwingungsspektren. XVI. FIR‐Spektren und Schwingungsanalyse von Dichalkogeniden und Diphosphiden des Eisens, Rutheniums, Osmiums und Platins. Zeitschrift für anorganische und allgemeine Chemie, 428 (1). 199-203 doi:10.1002/zaac.19774280124

Stingl, Th., Müller, B., Lutz, H. D. (1992) Crystal structure refinement of osmium(II) disulfide, OsS2. Zeitschrift für Kristallographie, 202 (1). 161-162 doi:10.1524/zkri.1992.202.1-2.161

(2005) Erlichmanite. Handbook of Mineralogy. Mineralogical Society of America

González-Jiménez, JoséM., Gervilla, Fernando, Proenza, Joaquín A., Kerestedjian, Thomas, Augé, Thierry, Bailly, Laurent (2009) Zoning of laurite (RuS2)erlichmanite (OsS2): implications for the origin of PGM in ophiolite chromitites. European Journal of Mineralogy, 21 (2) 419-432 doi:10.1127/0935-1221/2009/0021-1921

Kitahara, Ginga, Yoshiasa, Akira, Ishimaru, Satoko, Terai, Kunihisa, Tokuda, Makoto, Nishio-Hamane, Daisuke, Tanaka, Takahiro, Sugiyama, Kazumasa (2023) Crystal structures of rhodium-containing erlichmanite–laurite solid solutions (Os_1–x–yRu_xRh_yS₂: x = 0.09–0.60, y = 0.07–0.10) with unique compositional dependence. Mineralogical Magazine, 87 (3) 396-406 doi:10.1180/mgm.2022.139

Localities for ErlichmaniteHide

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- World class for species or very significant. (TL) - Type Locality for a valid mineral species. (FRL) - First Recorded Locality for everything else (eg varieties). ~~Struck out~~ - Mineral was erroneously reported from this locality. Faded * - Never found at this locality but inferred to have existed at some point in the past (e.g. from pseudomorphs).

All localities listed without proper references should be considered as questionable.


Algeria
In Salah Province In Salah District Foggaret Ezzaouia ⓘ Acfer 217 meteorite	Schulze (1998)

Argentina
Córdoba Province Calamuchita Department Santa Rosa District ⓘ Los Guanacos ultramafic body	Proenza et al. (2008)

Australia
New South Wales Kennedy Co. ⓘ Fifield	Webb (2014)
ⓘ Kelvin Grove prospect	Johan et al. (1989)
ⓘ Owendale Complex	Ma et al. (2023)
ⓘ Owendale North Mine	5th International Platinum Symposium ...

Austria
Styria Leoben District ⓘ Kraubath an der Mur	Malitch et al. (2001)
Sankt Stefan ob Leoben Mitterberg ⓘ Unnamed chromite pit	Malitch et al. (2002)

Brazil
Bahia ⓘ Campo Formoso ultramafic complex	Garuti et al. (2007) +1 other reference
Goiás ⓘ Niquelândia	33rd International Geological Congress (2008)
ⓘ Niquelândia complex	Garuti et al. (2012)
São Paulo ⓘ Monte Alegre do Sul	33rd International Geological Congress (2008)

Bulgaria
Blagoevgrad Province Blagoevgrad Municipality ⓘ Blagoevgrad placer deposits	Цинцов (1998)
Satovcha Municipality ⓘ Pletena	Bul. Acad. Sci. (1998)
Burgas Province Kameno Municipality ⓘ Konstantinovo	Atanasov (1990)
Kardzhali Province Kirkovo Municipality ⓘ Dobromirtsi	González-Jiménez et al. (2010)

Canada
British Columbia Similkameen Mining Division ⓘ Tulameen River	Nixon et al. (1990)
ⓘ Grasshopper Mt	Nixon et al. (1990)
ⓘ Placer Deposits	Nixon et al. (1990)
Québec Chaudière-Appalaches Les Appalaches RCM ⓘ Thetford Mines	gsa.confex.com (n.d.)
ⓘ Hall chrome pit	Pagé et al. (2001)
Yukon Whitehorse mining district Kluane District ⓘ Florence Creek	Barkov et al. (2008)
ⓘ Wolverine Creek	Fedortchouk et al. (eds.)

Chile
Araucanía Cautín Province La Cabaña ⓘ La Cabaña serpentinites	Galdames et al. (2010) +1 other reference

China
Hebei Chengde Chengde County Gaositai ⓘ Gaositai Cr-PGE deposit (Gao District; Gaotai village)	Zuxiang Yu (1995)
ⓘ Wulie river placers	Zuxiang Yu (1995)
Sichuan Panzhihua Dong District ⓘ Panzhihua Fe-V-Ti-(PGE) deposit
Miyi County ⓘ Xinjie Cu-Ni-(PGE) deposit
Tibet Ngari Gar Co. (Ga'er Co.) ⓘ Cuobuzha ophiolite	Yuan et al. (2025)
Zanda County ⓘ Dongbo ophiolite	Yuan et al. (2025)
Shannan Prefecture (Lhokha Prefecture; Lhoka Prefecture) Nêdong Co. (Naidong Co.; Zedang Co.) ⓘ Zedang ophiolite	Guo et al. (2016) +1 other reference
Qusum Co. (Qusong Co.) ⓘ Luobusha ophiolite ("Luobusa ophiolite")	Bai et al. (2007)

Colombia
Cauca Department Guapí ⓘ Río Pilpe	Min Mag (1997)
Chocó Department Condoto ⓘ Alto Condoto intrusion	Stribrny et al. (2000)

Costa Rica
Guanacaste Province Nicoya Canton ⓘ Santa Elena ultramafic Nappe	Zaccarini et al. (2010)

Cuba
Holguín Province ⓘ Mayarí District	Gervilla et al. (2005)

Cyprus
Limassol District ⓘ Kokkinorotsos chromite mine (Chrome Mine)	Prichard et al. (1990)

Dominican Republic
Monseñor Nouel Province Bonao ⓘ Falcondo Mines	Aiglsperger et al. (2021)

East Timor
Manatuto District ⓘ Hili Manu	Lay et al. (2017)

Ecuador
Esmeraldas Province ⓘ Santiago River placers	Weiser et al. (1993) +1 other reference

Ethiopia
Oromia Region West Welega Zone Gimbi ⓘ Yubdo District (Joubdo District; Youbdo District; Joubda District)	Bowles (1986)
Bir Bir River ⓘ Joubdo Stream	Cabri et al. (1981)

Finland
ⓘ Lapland	Törnroos et al. (1998)
Enontekiö ⓘ Miessijoki River	33rd International Geological Congress (2008) +1 other reference
Inari Ivalojoki ⓘ Palsinoja	Kari Kojonen (2012)
ⓘ Sotajoki River	Kojonen et al. (2014)
Keminmaa ⓘ Kemi Mine	Outokumpu
Penikat complex Sompujärvi Reef ⓘ Kirakkajuppura PGE deposit	Barkov et al. (1999) +1 other reference
Sodankylä ⓘ Keivitsa intrusion	Gervilla et al. (2005)
Kevitsansarvi (Keivitsansarvi) ⓘ Kevitsa Ni-Cu-PGE mine	Mutanen (1997) +1 other reference
North Karelia ⓘ Outokumpu mining district

France
New Caledonia Northern Province Koumac Tiébaghi Massif (Tiébaghi Ophiolite Complex) ⓘ Tiébaghi Mine	Augé (1988) +1 other reference
Southern Province Le Mont-Dore Ouen Island ⓘ Ouen Island ophiolite	33rd International Geological Congress (2008)
Pirogues River ⓘ Pirogues ophiolite	Jan Pasava (ed) +1 other reference
Yaté ⓘ Ni River estuary	Augé et al. (1995)

Germany
Rhineland-Palatinate Germersheim Jockgrim Rheinzabern ⓘ Holcim gravel pit	Oberthür et al. (2016)

Greece
Central Greece Phthiotis Domokos ⓘ Agios Stefanos mine	Garuti et al. (1999) +1 other reference
ⓘ Metalio mine	Garuti et al. (1999)
Central Macedonia Imathia ⓘ Veria ophiolite complex	Tsoupas et al. (2021)
Thessaly Larissa Farsala Eretria ⓘ Tsangli mine	Garuti et al. (1999) +1 other reference
ⓘ Kastraki III mine	Garuti et al. (1999)
Trikala Meteora ⓘ Korydallos area	Kapsiotis (2013)
Western Macedonia Grevena Grevena ⓘ Voidolakkos	Kapsiotis et al. (2006)
ⓘ Xerolivado Mine	Kapsiotis et al. (2006)

India
Karnataka Davanagere District Shimoga schist belt ⓘ Hanumalapur Complex	Devaraju et al. (2005)

Indonesia
South Kalimantan Province Banjar Regency ⓘ Tanah Laut (Pontijn)

Japan
Hokkaidō Prefecture Rumoi Subprefecture ⓘ Obira coast	NISHIO–HAMANE et al. (2022)
Tomamae District Shosanbetsu ⓘ Minamichiyoda	NISHIO–HAMANE et al. (2022)
Tomamae ⓘ Tomamae coast	NISHIO–HAMANE et al. (2022)
Kumamoto Prefecture Shimomashiki District Misato ⓘ Haraigawa	Dr Daisuke Nishio-Hamane +3 other references

Kazakhstan
Aktobe Region Kargaly District ⓘ Kempirsai Cr deposit	doi.org (n.d.) +2 other references
Main ore field Dzharlybutak Ore Group ⓘ Almaz-Zhemchuzhina deposit	Saveliev et al. (2023)
ⓘ Geofizicheskoe-VII deposit	Saveliev et al. (2023)

Madagascar
Atsinanana Antanambao Manampotsy District ⓘ Antanambao-Manampotsy area	Legendre et al. (1992)
ⓘ Ambodibonara Placer	Auge et al. (1992) +1 other reference

Mexico
Baja California Sur Mulegé Municipality ⓘ Vizcaíno Peninsula	Australian Research Council Centre of ...

Mongolia
Ömnögovi Province Bulgan District ⓘ Gurvansaikhan Ridge ophiolite	Dostal et al. (2026)
Uvs Province Tarialan District ⓘ Burgastai Gol Placer	Dostal et al. (2026)
ⓘ Iljgiin Gol Placer	Dostal et al. (2026)
Zavkhan Province Khan-Taishirin-Ula range ⓘ Naran massif	www.dmitrenkogg.narod.ru (n.d.)

New Zealand
Tasman Region St. Arnaud ⓘ Maud Creek	www.handbookofmineralogy.org (n.d.)

Norway
Trøndelag Røros ⓘ Østhammeren (Osthammeren)	Nilsson (1990)

Oman
Al Buraimi Governorate Northern Oman Ophiolite ⓘ Wadi Hilti	Ahmed et al. (2003)

Pakistan
Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Province Mansehra District Kaghan Valley Naran ⓘ Sapat Gali	Ullah et al. (2026)

Philippines
Visayas Eastern Visayas Region Samar Island Eastern Samar ⓘ Llorente river	Oberthür et al. (2017)

Russia
Bashkortostan Burzyansky District Kraka ophiolite ⓘ 33 prospect	Garuti et al. (2021)
Uchalinsky District ⓘ Nurali complex (Nurali massif)	Zaccarini et al. (2004)
ⓘ Priozernyy deposit	Saveliev et al. (2018)
Buryatia Baunt District Vitim Plateau ⓘ Aunik River	Airiyants et al. (2020)
Okinsky District ⓘ Ulan-Sar’dag Ophiolite	Kiseleva +3 other references
ⓘ Kitoy River placers	Airiyants et al. (2021)
Chelyabinsk Oblast Miass River ⓘ Kialim placer	Zaykov et al. (2017)
Chukotka Autonomous Okrug Bilibinsky District Kolyma area Bol'shoi Anyui River Basin Baimka River Aluchinskii Massif (Aluchin horst) ⓘ Baimka placer deposit	Gornostayev et al. (1999)
Irkutsk Oblast Uda–Biryusa district ⓘ Ognit complex	Shvedov et al. (2017)
ⓘ Tartai Massif	Podlipsky et al. (2015)
Jewish Autonomous Oblast ⓘ Poperechny Fe-Mn deposit	Nevstruev et al. (2019)
Kamchatka Krai Koryak Okrug Olyutorsky district ⓘ Epilchik mafic-ultramafic complex	Sidorov et al. (2021)
Korf ⓘ Gal'moenan ultrabasic massif	Sidorov et al. (2004) +3 other references
ⓘ Ledyanoy Creek placer	Vlasov et al. (2002) +1 other reference
ⓘ Levtyrinyvayam River placer	Tolstykh et al. (2004) +1 other reference
ⓘ Matysken complex	Cabri et al. (2022)
ⓘ Matysken River	Kutyrev et al. (2020) +1 other reference
Sobolevsky District ⓘ Maior River (Brook)	Подлипский et al. (1999) +1 other reference
ⓘ Mount Filipp	Pekov (1998) +1 other reference
Ust-Kamchatsky District ⓘ Olkhovaya–1 River placer	Tolstykh et al. (2009)
Kemerovo Oblast ⓘ Koura River	Zhmodik et al. (2016)
Khabarovsk Krai Ayano-Maysky district ⓘ Chad Massif	Pekov (1998) +1 other reference
ⓘ Konder alkaline-ultrabasic massif	Laflamme et al. (1997)
Krasnoyarsk Krai ⓘ Kingash	Alexander V. Dedeev et al (2002) +1 other reference
Lysanskiy dunite-peridotite-gabbro complex ⓘ Sisim Placer Zone	Barkov et al. (2023)
Western Sayan range ⓘ Dunzhugur Ophiolite Massif	Kiseleva et al. (2024)
Yermakovsky District ⓘ Bolshoy Khailyk River placers	Barkov et al. (2018) +2 other references
ⓘ River Rudnaya	Barkov et al. (2018)
Murmansk Oblast ⓘ Fedorovo-Pansky massif (Pana layered complex)	Gabov (2010)
Imandra layered complex (Imandrovsky layered intrusion) ⓘ Mount Bol’shaya Varaka chromitite deposit	Barkov et al. (2004)
Kovdorsky District ⓘ Kovdor Massif	Sorokhtina et al. (2021)
Monche tundra intrusion ⓘ Nud II mine
Monchegorsk ⓘ Nyud-2 deposit	Chashchin et al. (2021)
ⓘ Sopcheozerskoe deposit (Sopcheozero)	Chistyakova S et al. (2014)
ⓘ Pechengsky District	Chashchin et al. (2013)
ⓘ Volchetundra massif	Chashchin et al. (2013)
Perm Krai Gornozavodskii District Sarany ⓘ Saranovskii Mine	Puzik (2019)
Primorsky Krai Khanka lake ⓘ Zolotaya river placers	Shcheka et al. (2004)
Sakha Aldan ⓘ Inagli Massif	Pekov (1998)
ⓘ Ryabinovskoe Cu-Au deposit	Kochetkov. A. Ya. (2006)
ⓘ Muscovitovyi area	Kochetkov A. Ya. (2006)
Sverdlovsk Oblast Kachkanar ⓘ Svetloborsky intrusion	Stepanov et al. (2023)
ⓘ Veresovoborsky intrusion	Stepanov et al. (2019) +1 other reference
Nizhnii Tagil ⓘ Baranchinsky Massif	Pavel M. Kartashov analytical data 2018
Nizhnyaya Tura Svetly Bor ⓘ Glubokinskoe placer	Stepanov et al. (2019)
ⓘ Travyanistyi placer	Stepanov et al. (2019)
ⓘ Vershinniy placer	Stepanov et al. (2019)
ⓘ Veresovka River	Stepanov et al. (2019)
Novolyalinsky District ⓘ Kytlym complex (Kytlym massif)	Garuti et al. (2002)
Novouralsk Verkh-Neivinsky massif ⓘ East Shishim river placer deposit	Мурзин et al. (2020)
Prigorodny District Soloveva Mountain ⓘ Aleksandrov Log Pt deposit	Pekov (1998)
Pyshminsky District ⓘ Kluchevskoy ophiolite complex	Zaccarini et al. (2008)
Yekaterinburg ⓘ Uktus complex	9th International platinum symposium Chromite-PGE mineralization in the Uktus Alaskan-Type Complex (Central Urals,) +2 other references
ⓘ Syum-Keu Ophiolite Massif	Gurskaya (2002)
Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Okrug ⓘ Centralnoye II deposit	Jan Pašava et al. (2011)
Priuralsky District ⓘ Centralnoye I deposit	Jan Pašava et al. (2011)
ⓘ Rai-Iz Ophiolite Massif	Shmelev V.R. et al. (2014)

Sierra Leone
Western Area ⓘ Freetown layered complex	Bowles (1986) +2 other references
ⓘ Big Water	Bowles et al. (2018)

Slovakia
Košice Region Košice-okolie District Jasov ⓘ Serpentinite outcrops	Radvanec et al. (2016)

South Africa
Limpopo Sekhukhune District Municipality Fetakgomo Tubatse Local Municipality ⓘ Maandagshoek Farm	Melcher et al. (2005)
Mpumalanga Gert Sibande District Municipality Govan Mbeki Local Municipality ⓘ Evander goldfield	www.unileoben.ac.at (2004)
North West Bojanala Platinum District Municipality Rustenburg Local Municipality ⓘ Rustenburg	Hart et al. (1989)
ⓘ Union Mine	Anglo American plc
ⓘ Witwatersrand goldfield	Cairncross et al. (1995)

Spain
Andalusia Málaga Ojén ⓘ Ojén lherzolite massif	Mineralogy and Petrology: 56: 25-50.
ⓘ Arroyo de los Caballos	Baurier-Aymat +7 other references
ⓘ Cerro del Algarrobo	Baurier-Aymat +7 other references

Turkey
Denizli Province ⓘ Elmaslar Chromite Deposit	Akbulut et al. (2010)
Hatay Province Arsuz ⓘ Kizildag ophiolite	Kozlu et al. (2010)
Kahramanmaraş Province ⓘ Elbistan-Kahramanmaraş podiform ophiolitic chromitites	Kozlu et al. (2014)
Muğla Province Menteşe District Muğla ophiolite ⓘ Chromitite occurrence	Uysal et al. (2005) +1 other reference

UK
Scotland South Ayrshire ⓘ Ballantrae Complex	Power et al. (2004)

USA
Alaska Bethel Census Area ⓘ Goodnews Bay	...
Salmon River - Red Mountain District ⓘ Clara Creek	Snetsinger (1973)
ⓘ Platinum Creek	USGS Open-File Report 01-269
Ketchikan Gateway Borough ⓘ Continental; Chevelle; Cannery Creek Prospects	- (2008)
ⓘ Jaguar Prospect	- (2008)
ⓘ Lexus Prospect	- (2008)
ⓘ Mount Burnett Zone Prospect	- (2008)
ⓘ North Zone Prospect	- (2008)
ⓘ West Cobra; East Cobra Prospects	- (2008)
Kodiak Island Borough Tugidak Island ⓘ Southern beach placer	Belkin et al. (2021)
California Humboldt County Klamath Mountains Willow Creek Mining District Willow Creek (China Flat) ⓘ MacIntosh Mine (TL)	Dana's New Mineralogy +2 other references
Sacramento County Folsom Mining District Folsom ⓘ American River	Sjoberg et al. (1980) +2 other references
Montana Sweet Grass County ⓘ East Boulder Mine	Sibanye Stillwater
Pennsylvania Chester County ⓘ West Nottingham Township	Smith et al. (2011)

Zimbabwe
Midlands Shurugwi District ⓘ Umtebekwe River	Oberthür et al. (2013)

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