Bowieite
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Bowieite is a rhodium-iridium-platinum sulfide mineral (Rh,Ir,Pt)2S3, found in platinum-alloy nuggets from Goodnews Bay, Alaska.[1][2][3] Named (by IMA in 1984) after British scientist, Stanley Bowie (1917–2008) in recognition of his work on identification of opaque minerals.[4]
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