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Bowieite is a rhodium-iridium-platinum sulfide mineral , found in platinum-alloy nuggets from Goodnews Bay, Alaska. Handbook of Mineralogy - Bowieite Webmineral.com - Bowieite It was named (by the IMA in 1984) after the British scientist Stanley Bowie (1917–2008), in recognition of his work on identification of opaque . The Times The Times, 10 Oct 2008, p81
The mineral crystallizes in the orthorhombic crystal system (space group Pbcn).
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