Bowieite
Encyclopedia
Bowieite is a rhodium
-iridium
-platinum
sulfide mineral
(Rh,Ir,Pt)2S3, found in platinum-alloy nuggets from Goodnews Bay, Alaska
. Named (by IMA in 1984) after British scientist, Stanley Bowie
in recognition of his work on identification of opaque mineral
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Rhodium
Rhodium is a chemical element that is a rare, silvery-white, hard and chemically inert transition metal and a member of the platinum group. It has the chemical symbol Rh and atomic number 45. It is composed of only one isotope, 103Rh. Naturally occurring rhodium is found as the free metal, alloyed...
-iridium
Iridium
Iridium is the chemical element with atomic number 77, and is represented by the symbol Ir. A very hard, brittle, silvery-white transition metal of the platinum family, iridium is the second-densest element and is the most corrosion-resistant metal, even at temperatures as high as 2000 °C...
-platinum
Platinum
Platinum is a chemical element with the chemical symbol Pt and an atomic number of 78. Its name is derived from the Spanish term platina del Pinto, which is literally translated into "little silver of the Pinto River." It is a dense, malleable, ductile, precious, gray-white transition metal...
sulfide mineral
Sulfide mineral
The sulfide minerals are a class of minerals containing sulfide as the major anion. Some sulfide minerals are economically important as metal ores. The sulfide class also includes the selenides, the tellurides, the arsenides, the antimonides, the bismuthinides, the sulfarsenides and the sulfosalts...
(Rh,Ir,Pt)2S3, found in platinum-alloy nuggets from Goodnews Bay, Alaska
Goodnews Bay, Alaska
Goodnews Bay is a city in Bethel Census Area, Alaska, USA. As of the 2000 census, the population of the city is 230.-Geography:...
. Named (by IMA in 1984) after British scientist, Stanley Bowie
Stanley Bowie
Stanley Hay Umphray Bowie FRS was considered a "world authority on uranium geology and a leader in the field of geochemistry and mineralogy". He developed methods and tools to identify opaque minerals using micro-indentation hardness and optical reflectance...
in recognition of his work on identification of opaque mineral
Mineral
A mineral is a naturally occurring solid chemical substance formed through biogeochemical processes, having characteristic chemical composition, highly ordered atomic structure, and specific physical properties. By comparison, a rock is an aggregate of minerals and/or mineraloids and does not...
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