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Description: Awaruite Locality: Josephine Creek, Josephine Creek District, Josephine County, Oregon, USA (Locality at mindat.org) Size: 2.2 x 1.2 x 0.9 cm. Awaruite is a nickel-iron alloy-bearing rock named after its place of origin, Josephine County in southwestern Oregon. These awaruite pebbles occur as detritus in several streams that originate and flow across the Josephine Peridotite. This pebble/nugget weighs 13 grams. It was in the Millard Grobon collection, and after that in the collection of Gene Meieran.
Title: Awaruite-117868
Credit: http://www.mindat.org/photo-117868.html
Author: Robert M. Lavinsky
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List of U.S. state minerals, rocks, stones and gemstones

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