[Thumbnails] [Miniatures] [Cabinets] [About Us] [FAQ] Welcome To Mason's Minerals Your Source for Beautiful Minerals and Crystals We offer a no-questioned-asked Satisfaction Guarantee General Platinum InformationPt |
Molecular Weight = 195.08 gm |
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Platinum 100.00 % Pt |
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Mainly in grains and nuggets in alluvial deposits. |
Valid Species (Pre-IMA) 1748 |
Most notably from the Urals, Russia and Brazil. Link to MinDat.org Location Data. |
Spanish, platina = "silver." |
Platinum |
ICSD 64917 |
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Platinum Crystallographya = 3.9231, Z = 4; V = 60.38 Den(Calc)= 21.46 |
Isometric - HexoctahedralH-M Symbol (4/m 3 2/m) Space Group: F m3m |
By Intensity(I/Io): 2.265(1), 1.962(0.53), 1.1826(0.33), |
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| Physical Properties of PlatinumNone |
Whitish steel gray, Steel gray, Dark gray. |
14 - 22, Average = 18 |
Opaque |
Hackly - Jagged, torn surfaces, (e.g. fractured metals). |
Granular - Generally occurs as anhedral to subhedral crystals in matrix. |
Nuggets - Irregular lumps produced by stream transport of malleable metals. |
4-4.5 - Between Fluorite and Apatite |
Non-fluorescent. |
Metallic |
Naturally weak |
grayish white |
| Optical Properties of PlatinumWhite. |
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| Calculated Properties of PlatinumBulk Density (Electron Density)=17.2 gm/cc |
note: Specific Gravity of Platinum =21.5 gm/cc. Fermion Index = 0.33 |
Boson Index = 0.67 PEPlatinum =1,619.87 barns/electron |
U=PEPlatinum x rElectron Density=27798.55 barns/cc. GRapi = 0 (Gamma Ray American Petroleum Institute Units) |
Platinum is Not Radioactive | Platinum Classification01.02.01.01 (01)Native Elements |
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(01.02)with platinum group metals and alloys |
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(01.02.01)Platinum group (Space Group Fm3m) |
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01.AF.10 01 - ELEMENTS (Metals and intermetallic alloys; metalloids and nonmetals; carbides, silicides, nitrides, phosphides) |
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01.A - Metals and Intermetallic Alloys |
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01.AF -Platinum-group elements |
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| Other Platinum InformationNAME( Emsley91) PHYS. PROP.(Enc. of Minerals,2nd ed.,1990) |
Links to other databases for Platinum : |
1 - Am. Min. Crystal Structure Database 2 - Amethyst Galleries' Mineral Gallery 3 - Athena 4 - Google Images 5 - Google Scholar 6 - Handbook of Mineralogy (MinSocAm) 7 - Handbook of Mineralogy (UofA) 8 - MinDAT 9 - MinMax(Deutsch) 10 - MinMax(English) 11 - Mineral and Gemstone Kingdom 12 - Mineralienatlas (Deutsch) 13 - QUT Mineral Atlas 14 - Ruff.Info 15 - University of Texas at Austin 16 - WWW-MINCRYST Search for Platinum using: Visit our Advertisers for Platinum : AA Mineral SpecimensB & L Fine Minerals Crystalarium.com Dan Weinrich Fine Minerals Dan Weinrich Auctions Dakota Matrix Desert Winds Gems and Minerals Excalibur Minerals Exceptional Minerals Fabre Minerals Heliodor John Betts Fine Minerals Mason's Minerals Mineral News Mineral of the Month Club Wrights Rock Shop Translate Platinum Mineral Data : Ask about Platinum here : Print or Cut-and-Paste your Platinum Specimen Label here :
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