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Crystal habit of Platinum

 
Name   Platinum
Chemistry   Pt
Hardness   4 - 4.5
Lustre   metallic
Colour   whitish steel grey, steel grey or dark grey
Streak   greyish white 
Density [g/cm3]   14 - 22
Crystal habit   isometric
Cleavage, Fracture   fracture hackly
other characteristics and occurrences   primary occurrence in ultra-mafic igneous rocks, secondary occurrences in placer deposits
   

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