Platinum

Occurrence

Platinum is often found as native platinum and alloyed with iridium as platiniridium. The platinum arsenide, sperrylite, is a major source of platinum associated with nickel ores in the Sudbury Basin deposit. The rare sulfide mineral cooperite, (Pt,Pd,Ni)S, contains platinum along with palladium and nickel. Cooperite occurs in the Merensky Reef within the Bushveld Complex, Transvaal, South Africa.

Related Topics:
Alloyed - Iridium - Platiniridium - Arsenide - Sperrylite - Nickel - Sudbury Basin - Sulfide - Cooperite - Palladium - Merensky Reef - Bushveld Complex - Transvaal - South Africa

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Platinum, often accompanied by small amounts of other platinum family metals, occurs in alluvial placer deposits in the Witwatersrand of South Africa, Colombia, Ontario, the Ural Mountains, and in certain western American states.

Related Topics:
Platinum family - Alluvial - Placer - Witwatersrand - Colombia - Ontario - Ural Mountains - American

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Platinum is produced commercially as a by-product of nickel ore processing in the Sudbury deposit. The huge quantities of nickel ore processed makes up for the fact that platinum is present as only 0.5 ppm in the ore.

Related Topics:
Nickel - Ppm

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