Osmium from Nizhne Tagil is not too rare. It usually occurs as small alluvial nuggets,
but with luck you might find a hexagonal crystal of osmium between the nuggets. This
one is about 0.5mm across.
[photo/collection: Maurice de Graaf]
Osmium
Osmium from Nizhne Tagil is not too rare. It usually occurs as small alluvial
nuggets,
but with luck you might find a hexagonal crystal of osmium between the nuggets. This
one is about 0.5mm across.
[photo/collection: Maurice de Graaf]