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The answer is either platinum or chengdeite depending on who you believe. Meaning, chengdeite has a specific gravity listed at various places as between 19 and 20, whereas others list pure platinum is listed between 18 and 20+. The reality is that there are some denser minerals that are enriched with iridium and/or osmium. Iridium, which is named after the element but usually, if not always, contains other elements as well, is the most dense (22.65) if you include enriched minerals. After reading much on the subject, I suspect that platinum is the best answer because chengdeite is extremely rare and therefore not enough has been measured to come to a conclusive determination of its mean specific gravity. There wouldn't be a need for this if chengdeite were a true element, but though it is classified as an element, in chemical reality it is an alloy, so the specific gravity can vary (presumably slightly, but there's not enough to say for sure) from piece to piece. The number represents weight in grams per cubic centimeter.
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∙ 9y agoThe density of a mineral is arrived at by dividing the weight and the volume of the mineral. This mainly measures the compactness of a substance.
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∙ 11y agoOsmium, a metallic mineral, slightly more dense than iridium.
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