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Name: Miassite RRUFF ID: R070075 Ideal Chemistry: Rh17S15 Locality: Yukhtochka placer, Tributary of Aldan River, Yakutia, Russia Source: Michael Scott S105079 [view label] Owner: RRUFF Description: A mechanical mixture of dark gray metallic polished grains and pale yellow vanadinite embedded in epoxy Status: The identification of this mineral has been confirmed only by chemical analysis |
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Britvin S N, Rudashevsky N S, Bogdanova A N, Shcherbachev D K (2001) Miassite Rh17S15, a new mineral from a placier of Miass River, Urals, Zapiski Vserossijskogo Mineralogicheskogo Obshchestva, 130, issue 2 41-45 [view file] |
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Khomyakov A P, Nechelyustov G N, Ferraris G, Gula A, Ivaldi G (2001) Labuntsovite-Fe and labuntsovite-Mg- two new minerals from the Khibina and Kovdor alkaline massifs, Kola Peninsula, Zapiski Vserossijskogo Mineralogicheskogo Obshchestva, 130, issue 4 36-45 [view file] |
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Jambor J L, Grew E S, Roberts A C (2002) New mineral names, American Mineralogist, 87, 1509-1513 [view file] |
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Pekov I V (2007) New minerals from former Soviet Union countries, 1998-2006: new minerals approved by the IMA commission on new minerals and mineral names, Mineralogical Almanac, 11, 9-51 [view file] |
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