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Orthocuproplatinum

Year of discovery: 2019 (Lubero territory, Congo)

Locality list:

• Pt₃Cu
• [Pt₃][Cu]

• Class: Alloy
• Physical: Malleble

• Cu => Fe: Isoferroplatinum
• Cu => Sn: Rustenburgite
• Cu => In: Yixunite

• Color: Grayish white
• Luster: Metallic
• Diaphaneity: Opaque

• Cleavage: None
• Hardness: 4
• Density: 17.9

• System: Orthorhombic
• Group: mmm, Cmmm
• Lattice: a=7.7, b=5.4, c=2.8