Skip to content
Mineralati

Minerals

Erlichmanite

erlichmanite

OsS2

Erlichmanite: Mineral information, data and localities.

Erlichmanite: Mineral information, data and localities. — via www.mindat.org · Source

Overview

Erlichmanite is the naturally occurring mineral form of osmium sulfide (OsS2). It is grey with a metallic luster, hardness around 5, and specific gravity about 9. It is found in noble metal placer deposits. Erlichmanite is named for Jozef Erlichman, an electron microprobe analyst at NASA's Ames Research Center.

Scientific references

  1. Erlichmanite — Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3731873 Link
  2. Erlichmanite — Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Erlichmanite Link