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Native Ruthenium (rare - old) Gebhard & Vajdak Coll.
- Avrorinskii Placer, Nizhnii Tagil, Sverdlovskaya Oblast', Middle Urals, Russia
- Thumbnail, 1.2 x 0.8 x 0.8 cm (capsule)
- Start Time: 07/11/2014 6:30:00 pm (CDT)
- End Time: 07/17/2014 6:32:42 pm (CDT)
- Auction Closed
Item Description
Native ruthenium is a very rare element, discovered in 1974. Specimens from any locality are RARE and are very rarely on the market! The gellcap contains about 12 tiny silver-metallic flakes of this rare element (along with other rare elements) from this obscure placer deposit, that is the unique Type Locality for three other super-rare metallics. Old and rare material valued highly by Josef Vajdak, a noted rarities collector and formerly in the George Gebhard Collection (collected in 1885 according to the labels).