Iridium minerals

thumb|Osmiridium-564562 Osmiridium and iridosmine are natural alloys of the elements osmium and iridium, with traces of other platinum-group metals.

Bowieite is a rhodium-iridium-platinum sulfide mineral , found in platinum-alloy nuggets from Goodnews Bay, Alaska. 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 minerals.

thumb|300px|BSE images of PGMs forming polymineralic aggregates - Platarsite and rutheniridosmine

Hexamolybdenum is a molybdenum dominant alloy discovered during a nanomineralogy investigation of the Allende meteorite. Hexamolybdenum was discovered in a small ultrarefractory inclusion within the Allende meteorite. This inclusion has been named ACM-1. Hexamolybdenum is hexagonal, with a calculated density of 11.90 g/cm3. The new mineral was found along with allendeite. These minerals, are believed to demonstrate conditions during the early stages of the Solar System, as is the case with many CV3 carbonaceous chondrites such as the Allende meteorite. Hexamolybdenum lies on a continuum o

Garutiite is a rare mineral and is in the platinum group alloys. It's also part of the osmium group. It was discovered in the Loma Peguera deposit, Falcondo Mines, Bonao, Monseñor Nouel Province, Dominican Republic in 2009. It was named in honor of Giorgio Garuti (born 1945), professor at the University of Leoben, Austria, in recognition of his contributions to the understanding of the mineralogy of platinum-group elements.