Mineral inclusions in platinum grains from the Kazan placer (South Urals)

E.V. Zaykova, I.A. Blinov, V.V. Zaykov, V.A. Kotlyarov

Platinum grains from the Kazan placer in the South Urals contain inclusions of native metals (gold, osmium group alloys), as well as PGE chalcogenides: sulfides (laurite, erlichmanite, bauite), sulfoarsenides (irarsite and hollingworthite), stibiopalladinite, telluride – merenskiite, and selenides.

Figures 5. Tables 7. References 14.

Key words: Kazan player, platinum, native gold, alloys of the osmium group elements, tellurides, and sulfides PGE.

МINERALOGY № 1 2020