General Platinum Information![]() Pt |
![]() Molecular Weight = 195.08 gm |
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Platinum 100.00 % Pt |
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100.00 % |
![]() Pt |
![]() 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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PDF 4-802 |
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Platinum Crystallography![]() a = 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 Platinum![]() None |
![]() 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 Platinum![]() White. |
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| Calculated Properties of Platinum![]() Bulk 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 Classification![]() 01.02.01.01 (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 Information![]() NAME( 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 - GeoScienceWorld 5 - Google Images 6 - Google Scholar 7 - Handbook of Mineralogy (MinSocAm) 8 - Handbook of Mineralogy (UofA) 9 - MinDAT 10 - Mineral and Gemstone Kingdom 11 - Mineralienatlas (Deutsch) 12 - Online Mineral Museum 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 : A Bijoux Google Search for PlatinumAdam's Minerals Google Search for Platinum Cape Minerals Google Search for Platinum Dakota Matrix Minerals Google Search for Platinum Excalibur Mineral Corp. Google Search for Platinum Exceptional Minerals Google Search for Platinum John Betts Fine Minerals Search for Platinum McDougall Minerals Google Search for Platinum Mineral News Website Link Rock and Mineral Shows Google Search for Platinum Weinrich Minerals, Inc. Google Search for Platinum Ask about Platinum here : Print or Cut-and-Paste your Platinum Specimen Label here :
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