Platinum-group elements (PGE)
Six rare metals with similar properties: platinum, palladium, rhodium, ruthenium, iridium and osmium. They occur mainly in sulfides and chromitites of layered intrusions.
Composition
Pt, Pd, Rh, Ru, Ir, Os; host minerals: sulfides (pentlandite), platinum alloys and tellurides.
Sources
In the atlas
- Norilsk-Talnakh Russia
- Bushveld, Merensky Reef South Africa
- Bushveld, UG2 chromitite South Africa
- Bushveld, Platreef South Africa
- Sudbury Canada
- Great Dyke (Main Sulfide Zone) Zimbabwe
- Stillwater Complex (J-M Reef) United States
- Jinchuan China