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Ore mineral

Sperrylite

The most common platinum mineral, a hard arsenide found in nickel-copper sulfide ores.

What it is

The most common platinum mineral, a hard arsenide found in nickel-copper sulfide ores.

Materials that come from it

Material	Role	Grade note
Platinum	Principal platinum mineral	—
Platinum-Group Metals	Principal	—

Platinum

A dense, unreactive metal that speeds up chemical reactions without being consumed by them.

Precious MetalsPt

Platinum-Group Metals

Six metals — platinum, palladium, rhodium, iridium, ruthenium and osmium — that occur together and are separated from…

Precious Metals

Sperrylite

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