Tetraferroplatinum (original) (raw)

A valid IMA mineral species

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About TetraferroplatinumHide

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Colour:

Grey, silver-white

Specific Gravity:

15.7 (Calculated)

Crystal System:

Tetragonal

Name:

The name is derived from the tetragonal crystal system and its iron (latin "ferrum") and platinum contents.

Unique IdentifiersHide

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Long-form identifier:

mindat:1:1:3923:5

39d745fe-5f9c-4c39-b1e8-ddf6d5e4a260

IMA Classification of TetraferroplatinumHide

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Classification of TetraferroplatinumHide

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1.AG.40

1 : ELEMENTS (Metals and intermetallic alloys; metalloids and nonmetals; carbides, silicides, nitrides, phosphides)
A : Metals and Intermetallic Alloys
G : PGE-metal alloys

1.2.4.1

1 : NATIVE ELEMENTS AND ALLOYS
2 : Platinum Group Metals and Alloys

1.86

1 : Elements and Alloys (including the arsenides, antimonides and bismuthides of Cu, Ag and Au)

Mineral SymbolsHide

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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
Tfpt IMA–CNMNC Warr, L.N. (2021). IMA–CNMNC approved mineral symbols. Mineralogical Magazine, 85(3), 291-320. doi:10.1180/mgm.2021.43
Tfpl 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 TetraferroplatinumHide

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Colour:

Grey, silver-white

Hardness:

VHN100=306 - 401 - Vickers

Density:

15.7 g/cm3 (Calculated)

Optical Data of TetraferroplatinumHide

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Anisotropism:

Weak, in oil

Reflectivity:

Wavelength R
420nm 58.5%
440nm 59.9%
460nm 61.4%
480nm 61.9%
500nm 62.7%
520nm 63.7%
540nm 64.2%
560nm 64.5%
580nm 64.8%
600nm 65.0%
620nm 64.8%
640nm 64.8%
660nm 64.6%
680nm 64.9%
700nm 65.2%

Reflectance graph
Graph shows reflectance levels at different wavelengths (in nm). Top of box is 100%. Peak reflectance is 65.2%.

Colour in reflected light:

White

Chemistry of TetraferroplatinumHide

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Common Impurities:

Rh,Ir,Cu,Ni,Sb

Crystallography of TetraferroplatinumHide

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Crystal System:

Tetragonal

Class (H-M):

4/m m m _(_4/_m_2/_m_2/m ) - Ditetragonal Dipyramidal

Cell Parameters:

a = 2.7235(10) Å, c = 3.720(3) Å

Unit Cell V:

27.59 ų (Calculated from Unit Cell)

Morphology:

tiny grains typically embedded in other Pt–Fe alloys.

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ID Species Reference Link Year Locality Pressure (GPa) Temp (K)
0005247 Tetraferroplatinum Bayliss P (1990) Revised unit cell dimensions, space group, and chemical formula of some metallic minerals The Canadian Mineralogist 28 751-755 1990 0 293

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X-Ray Powder DiffractionHide

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Powder Diffraction Data:

d-spacing Intensity
2.191 Å (100)
1.920 Å (70b)
1.342 Å (60b)
1.152 Å (50b)
1.099 Å (30b)
2.721 Å (20)
1.709 Å (20)

Geological EnvironmentHide

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Type Occurrence of TetraferroplatinumHide

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Place of Conservation of Type Material:

National Museum of Natural History, Washington, D.C., USA, 136552.

Associated Minerals at Type Locality:

Reference:

Cabri, L.J., Feather, C.E. (1975) Platinum-iron alloys: a nomenclature based on a study of natural and synthetic alloys. The Canadian Mineralogist: 13: 117-126.

Synonyms of TetraferroplatinumHide

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Other Language Names for TetraferroplatinumHide

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Simplified Chinese:铁铂矿

Traditional Chinese:鐵鉑礦

Common AssociatesHide

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Associated Minerals Based on Photo Data:

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1.AG. Michitoshiite-(Cu) Rh(Cu1-xGex) Iso. m_3_m _(_4/_m_32/m ) : P m_3_m
1.AG. Palladothallite Pd3Tl Tet. 4/m m m _(_4/_m_2/_m_2/m ) : _I_4/m m m
1.AG. Sluzhenikinite Pd15(Sb7-xSnx) Mon. 2/m : _P_21/m
1.AG. Driekopite PtBi Hex. 6/m m m _(_6/_m_2/_m_2/m ) : _P_63/m m c
1.AG. Sidorovite Fe3Pt Iso. m_3_m _(_4/_m_32/m ) : P m_3_m
1.AG.05 Hexaferrum (Fe,Os,Ru,Ir) Hex. 6/m m m _(_6/_m_2/_m_2/m ) : _P_63/m m c
1.AG.05 Garutiite (Ni,Fe,Ir) Hex. 6/m m m _(_6/_m_2/_m_2/m ) : _P_63/m m c
1.AG.10 Atokite (Pd,Pt)3Sn Iso. m_3_m _(_4/_m_32/m ) : F m_3_m
1.AG.10 Rustenburgite (Pt,Pd)3Sn Iso. m_3_m _(_4/_m_32/m ) : F m_3_m
1.AG.10 Zvyagintsevite Pd3Pb Iso. m_3_m _(_4/_m_32/m ) : P m_3_n
1.AG.15 Taimyrite (Pd,Cu,Pt)3Sn Orth.
1.AG.15 Tatyanaite (Pt,Pd,Cu)9Cu3Sn4 Orth.
1.AG.20 Paolovite Pd2Sn Orth. m m m _(_2/_m_2/_m_2/m )
1.AG.25 Plumbopalladinite Pd3Pb2 Hex. 6_m_ m : P_63_m c
1.AG.25 Stannopalladinite (Pd,Cu)3Sn Orth.
1.AG.30 Cabriite Pd2CuSn Orth. m m m _(_2/_m_2/_m_2/m ) : P m m m
1.AG.35 Chengdeite Ir3Fe Iso. m_3_m _(_4/_m_32/m )
1.AG.35 Isoferroplatinum Pt3Fe Iso. m_3_m _(_4/_m_32/m )
1.AG.40 Ferronickelplatinum Pt2FeNi Tet.
1.AG.40 Tulameenite Pt2CuFe Tet. 4/m m m _(_4/_m_2/_m_2/m ) : _P_4/m m m
1.AG.45 Hongshiite PtCu Trig.
1.AG.45 Skaergaardite PdCu Iso. m_3_m _(_4/_m_32/m ) : P m_3_m
1.AG.50 Yixunite Pt3In Iso. m_3_m _(_4/_m_32/m )
1.AG.55 Damiaoite PtIn2 Iso. m_3_m _(_4/_m_32/m ) : F m_3_m
1.AG.60 Niggliite PtSn Hex. 6/m m m _(_6/_m_2/_m_2/m ) : _P_63/m m c
1.AG.65 Bortnikovite Pd4Cu3Zn Tet. 4/m m m _(_4/_m_2/_m_2/m ) : _P_4/m m m
1.AG.70 Nielsenite PdCu3 Tet. 4_m_ m : P_4_m m
1.AG.75 Norilskite (Pd,Ag)2xPb (x = 0.08 - 0.11) Trig. 32 : _P_3121

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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 TetraferroplatinumHide

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Localities for TetraferroplatinumHide

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This map shows a selection of localities that have latitude and longitude coordinates recorded. Click on the symbol to view information about a locality. The symbol next to localities in the list can be used to jump to that position on the map.

Locality ListHide

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- This locality has map coordinates listed. - This locality has estimated coordinates. ⓘ - Click for references and further information on this occurrence. ? - Indicates mineral may be doubtful at this locality. - Good crystals or important locality for species. - 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.

Albania
Dibër County Bater-Martanesh mining district ⓘ Bulqiza Complex (Bulqiza Massif) Zaccarini F et al. (PGE) +1 other reference
Kukës County Tropojë ⓘ Bregu i Bibes deposit www.env.duke.edu (n.d.)
Atlantic Ocean
Mid-Atlantic Ridge complex Sierra Leone fracture zone ⓘ Markov deep Bortnikov et al. (2006, July)
ⓘ Northeastern rim Sharkov et al. (2007)
Australia
New South Wales Kennedy Co. Fifield ⓘ Kelvin Grove prospect Johan et al. (1989)
ⓘ Owendale Complex Ma et al. (2023)
ⓘ Owendale North Mine 5th International Platinum Symposium ...
Brazil
Bahia Maracás Rio Jacaré layered complex ⓘ Maracás Menchen mine Campbell (2012)
Goiás ⓘ Niquelândia 33rd International Geological Congress (2008)
ⓘ Niquelândia complex Garuti et al. (2012)
Canada
British Columbia Kamloops Mining Division Kamloops ⓘ Afton Mine ? Bart Cannon microprobe analyses on ...
Similkameen Mining Division Princeton Similkameen River ⓘ Placer deposits Petrov (n.d.)
Tulameen River ⓘ Grasshopper Mt Nixon et al. (1990)
ⓘ Placer Deposits CM 13 (1975) +2 other references
Ontario Thunder Bay District Coldwell complex ⓘ Marathon deposit Mcdonald et al. (2015)
ⓘ W horizon Good et al. (2017)
Seagull Lake Area Seagull Lake complex ⓘ Nipigon Reefs Project Wilson et al. (2013)
Seeley Lake Area ⓘ Anaconda occurrence (Stillwater Marathon project) EcoMetrix Reort for Stillwater Canada Inc (2012)
ⓘ Area 41 deposit Good et al. (2017) +1 other reference
Québec Chaudière-Appalaches Les Appalaches RCM ⓘ Thetford Mines Zaccarini F et al. (PGE) +1 other reference
ⓘ Hall chrome pit (Hall mine; Thetford quarry) Corrivaux et al. (1990)
Yukon Whitehorse mining district Kluane District ⓘ Wellgreen Cu-Ni-PGE deposit Barkov et al. (2002) +1 other reference
China
Gansu Jiuquan Aksai Co. ⓘ Dadao'erji Cr deposit Peisheng Bao and Xibin Wang (1989)
Xinjiang Changji Autonomous Prefecture (Sanji Autonomous Prefecture) Manasi Co. (Manas Co.) ⓘ Manasi river placers Jianxun Bai (1987)
Yunnan Dali Midu County ⓘ Jinbaoshan Pt-Pd-Ni-Cu deposit (Jingbaoshan Pt-Pd-Ni-Cu deposit) Bilun Luo (1979) +1 other reference
Dominican Republic
Monseñor Nouel Province Bonao Falcondo Mines ⓘ Loma Peguera deposit 33rd International Geological Congress (2008) +1 other reference
Ethiopia
Oromia Region West Welega Zone Gimbi ⓘ Yubdo District (Joubdo District; Youbdo District; Joubda District) Mogessie et al. (2009)
ⓘ Bir Bir River Stanley et al. (2005)
ⓘ Joubdo Stream Cabri et al. (1981)
France
New Caledonia Southern Province Le Mont-Dore Ouen Island ⓘ Ouen Island ophiolite 33rd International Geological Congress (2008)
Pirogues River ⓘ Pirogues ophiolite Jan Pasava (ed) +2 other references
Greece
Central Macedonia Imathia ⓘ Veria ophiolite complex Tsoupas et al. (2008)
Thessaly Trikala Meteora ⓘ Korydallos area Kapsiotis (2013)
Indonesia
South Kalimantan Province ⓘ Meratus Mountains K.H. Hattori et al.
Japan
Hokkaidō Prefecture Kamikawa Subprefecture ⓘ Teshio gold-PGM placers Urashima et al (1976)
Uryu District Uryugawa ⓘ Horokanai placer Urashima et al (1976)
Rumoi Subprefecture ⓘ Obira coast NISHIO–HAMANE et al. (2022)
Tomamae District Haboro ⓘ Ainusawa River NISHIO–HAMANE et al. (2022)
Tomamae ⓘ Tomamae coast NISHIO–HAMANE et al. (2022)
Sorachi Subprefecture Numata ⓘ Numatapongawa NISHIO–HAMANE et al. (2022)
ⓘ Sorachigawa Urashima et al (1976)
Kumamoto Prefecture Shimomashiki District Misato ⓘ Haraigawa Nishio-Hamane et al. (2024) +1 other reference
Norway
Vestland Vik ⓘ Raudberg Talc deposits ? Nilsson et al. (1998)
Papua New Guinea
Oro Province ⓘ Aikora River Cabri et al. (2022)
Philippines
Visayas Eastern Visayas Region Samar Island ⓘ Llorente river Oberthür et al. (2017)
Russia
Bashkortostan Uchalinsky District ⓘ Nurali complex (Nurali massif) Zaccarini F et al. (PGE) +1 other reference
Buryatia Severo-Baykalsky District Dovyren Highlands ⓘ Yoko-Dovyrensky Massif Konnikov et al. (2000) +2 other references
ⓘ Baikal Cu-Ni deposit Spiridonov et al. (2019, April)
ⓘ Main Reef Kislov +1 other reference
Irkutsk Oblast Bodaybinsky District Bodaibo Lena Gold District Kropotkinsky ore cluster ⓘ Sukhoi Log deposit www.igem.ru (2001)
Jewish Autonomous Oblast ⓘ Poperechny Fe-Mn deposit Berdnikov et al. (2020)
Kamchatka Krai Koryak Okrug Olyutorsky district ⓘ Epilchik mafic-ultramafic complex Sidorov et al. (2021)
Korf ⓘ Gal'moenan ultrabasic massif Sidorov et al. (2004) +4 other references
ⓘ Ledyanoy Creek placer Vlasov et al. (2002) +2 other references
ⓘ Levtyrinyvayam River placer Tolstykh et al. (2004)
ⓘ Matysken complex Cabri et al. (2022)
ⓘ Matysken River Kutyrev et al. (2020) +1 other reference
ⓘ Prizhimny Creek Kutyrev et al. (2018) +1 other reference
ⓘ Snegovaya River placer Kutyrev et al. (2023)
Ust-Kamchatsky District ⓘ Olkhovaya–1 River placer Tolstykh et al. (2009)
Khabarovsk Krai Ayan-Maya district ⓘ Chad Massif Евгений А. Власов et al. (2021)
ⓘ Konder alkaline-ultrabasic massif Lennikov et al. (2004)
ⓘ Krasnoyarsk Krai ...
ⓘ Kingash Alexander V. Dedeev et al (2002)
Lysanskiy dunite-peridotite-gabbro complex ⓘ Sisim Placer Zone Barkov et al. (2018)
Taymyrskiy Autonomous Okrug Taimyr Peninsula Putoran Plateau ⓘ Norilsk-Talnakh Mining Region Econ Geol (1986) +2 other references
ⓘ Maslovsky deposit Krivolutskaya et al. (2011)
ⓘ Talnakh Cu-Ni Deposit Gritsenko et al. (2022)
ⓘ Mayak Mine Pekov (1998)
Oktyabrsky Mine ⓘ Kharaelakh lode 2014 Ultramafic-mafic intrusions
ⓘ Southern-2 orebody Kalugin et al. (2021)
ⓘ Taimyrsky mine Anthony et al. (1990)
Western Sayan range Idgimsky gabbro- peridotite-pyroxenite complex ⓘ Kalna river placers Cherkasova et al. (2014, August)
Murmansk Oblast ⓘ Lesnaya Varaka Massif Barkov et al. (1998)
Monche tundra intrusion ⓘ Monchetundra deposit Grokhovskaya et al. (2009)
Sakha Aldan ⓘ Inagli Massif Okrugin (1998)
Sverdlovsk Oblast Kachkanar Kachkanar Complex Kachkanarskoe ⓘ Western pit Stepanov et al. (2023)
ⓘ Svetloborsky intrusion Stepanov et al. (2023)
ⓘ Veresovoborsky intrusion Stepanov et al. (2023)
Nizhnii Tagil ⓘ Baranchinsky Massif Pavel M. Kartashov analytical data 2018
ⓘ Nizhnetagilskii massif (Nizhne-Tagilskii) Mineralogy of Ural. Native elements et al. (in Rus.) +2 other references
Nizhnyaya Tura ⓘ Is River Pavel.M. Kartashov (n.d.)
Svetly Bor ⓘ 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)
Prigorodny District ⓘ Soloveva Mountain Johan (2006)
Yekaterinburg ⓘ Uktus complex Garuti et al. (2002)
ⓘ Syum-Keu Ophiolite Massif Gurskaya (2002)
South Africa
ⓘ Bushveld Complex ... +1 other reference
Limpopo Sekhukhune District Municipality Fetakgomo Tubatse Local Municipality ⓘ Booysendal North Mine McCall (2016)
Burgersfort ⓘ Maandagshoek farm Melcher et al. (2005)
ⓘ Mooihoek Farm 255 KT (TL) Cabri et al. (1975) +2 other references
Steelpoort ⓘ Onverwacht Mine Anthony et al. (1990) +2 other references
Waterberg District Municipality Mogalakwena Local Municipality Mogalakwena Mokopane ⓘ Akanani prospects Ndhlovu (2017)
ⓘ Sandsloot mine Holwell et al. (2006) +1 other reference
Thabazimbi Local Municipality ⓘ Zondereinde Mine McCall (2016)
Spain
Galicia A Coruña ⓘ Herbeira ultramafic massif Zaccarini F et al. (PGE) +2 other references
Tanzania
Kigoma Region ⓘ Kapalagulu Intrusion Wilhelmij et al. (2015) +1 other reference
Turkey
Hatay Province Arsuz ⓘ Kizildag ophiolite Kozlu et al. (2010)
USA
Alaska Bethel Census Area Goodnews Bay Salmon River - Red Mountain District ⓘ Fox Gulch www.dakotamatrix.com (n.d.)
ⓘ Salmon River USGS Open-File Report 01-269
ⓘ Salmon River Bench Mine - (2008)
ⓘ Snow Gulch USGS Bull 1660
Kodiak Island Borough Tugidak Island ⓘ Southern beach placer Belkin et al. (2021)
California Mariposa County West Belt Hornitos Mining District Quartzburg Quartzburg School ⓘ Burns Creek Mine Min Mag (1997)
Montana ⓘ Stillwater Complex Anthony et al. (1990)
Sweet Grass County ⓘ East Boulder Mine (East Boulder project prospect; Frog Pond adit; Frog Pond audit; Jack Pine project; J-M Reef) Robert C. Smith II Ph.D. P.G.
Oregon Jackson County Applegate Mining District ⓘ Kubli Ranch placer Lyon et al. (1997)
Pennsylvania Chester County ⓘ West Nottingham Township Smith and Barnes (2011)
Zimbabwe
Midlands Shurugwi District ⓘ Umtebekwe River Oberthür et al. (2013)