40d:Platinum nuggets

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Native platinum

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Uses
Ore of platinum Masonry Stone crafting Construction
Location
Small clusters in Alluvial layers Veins in Olivine Veins in Magnetite Small clusters in Chromite
Properties
Economic stone Material value 40
Wikipedia article

Ore for one of the most valuable metals available, equal in value to aluminum and second only to Adamantine. Its high material value makes it a convenient material for high value rooms for nobles. Especially so, since mining it still leaves a valuable platinum floor.

Platinum can occur in veins inside bodies of magnetite or olivine and as small cluster within chromite and alluvial layers. The veins from magnetite specifically can extend far outside the magnetite they originate from and the vein may even be interrupted at the magnetite cluster border. Although platinum's raw entry indicates that it appears as veins within olivine, some have witnessed it appearing in small clusters, even in the absence of chromite.^{v0.28.181.40d}

It is possible to make Crafts or Mechanisms with Platinum nuggets if it's enabled in the z-status stone menu, resulting in quite valuable items, good for export early in the game.

Although platinum metal is magma-safe, platinum nuggets are not.

Platinum nuggets

Stone
Sedimentary	Sandstone • Siltstone • Mudstone • Shale • Claystone • Rock salt • Limestone • Conglomerate • Dolomite • Flint • Chert • Chalk
Igneous I.	Granite • Diorite • Gabbro
Igneous E.	Rhyolite • Basalt • Andesite • Felsite • Obsidian
Metamorphic	Quartzite • Slate • Phyllite • Schist • Gneiss • Marble
Unique	Bauxite • Lignite • Bituminous coal • Graphite • Kimberlite
Ore	Bismuthinite • Cassiterite • Copper nuggets • Galena • Garnierite • Gold nuggets • Hematite • Horn silver • Limonite • Magnetite • Malachite • Native aluminum • Platinum nuggets • Raw adamantine • Silver nuggets • Sphalerite • Tetrahedrite