Description/Interesting Notes:
A fantastic, old time example of native platinum and native gold from the type locality in Colombia!!! This is a group of disc-like placers
that measure up to .25cm and weigh 3.4 grams!!! The material is mostly native platinum but there are some scattered grains of native
gold present as well!!! This is OLD institutional material and retains an old vial with an unattributed catalogue number on it!!! Upon
close inspection with a loupe or scope one can see that some of these disc-like placers exhibit some crystalline features consistent
with other rare platinum group metal species (iridium, osmium, ruthenium, etc.) and other related rare species as well!!!
The pics hardly do it justice!!! Must be seen in person to be fully appreciated!!!
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