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Atokite Electrum Palladoarsenide Palarstanide Kotulskite Keithconnite Moncheite Palladinite Küstelite Telargpalite Tulameenite Sperrylite

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Atokite Electrum Palladoarsenide Palarstanide Kotulskite Keithconnite Moncheite Palladinite Küstelite Telargpalite Tulameenite Sperrylite

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Description
Locality: 
Marathon Deposit, Skipper Lake, Thunder Bay District, Ontario, Canada
Class: 
Massive/Crystalline
Size Range: 
Thumbnail (1-3cm)
Size: 
2.5 × 2.5 × 0.3 cm
Description

This is an absolute highlight sample and in principle impossible to obtain. It is a sample from the exploration drilling for the current Marathon Deposit. This (and other) samples were originally used to determine whether it was profitable to build an open pit or mine for the extraction of metals. Based on the current dimensions of the Marathon Deposit, it can be said that the samples rightly pointed to a successful mine. An absolute rarity with around 19 SEMS and 38 analyses. The entire report available to me comprises around 56 pages. The corresponding sample with the identifier SL3 measures 2.5 centimeters in diameter and 3 millimeters in height.

The minerals determined include Atokite, Electrum, Kotulskite, Keithconnite, Moncheite, Palladoarsenide, Palarstanide, Palladinite, Küstelite, Telargpalite, Tulameenite and Sperrylite.

Furthermore, an unknown phase with the composition Cu-Pd-Fe-Te-Bi was discovered.

The sample comes with full certificate of analysis as shown in the pictures.

Note: All samples in this special auction are fully analyzed. You will receive the corresponding analysis for each sample.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Atokite

Formula: 
(Pd,Pt)3Sn
Strunz: 
1.AG.10
Crystal System: 
Isometric
Hardness: 
4.5
Type Locality: 
Atok Mine, Merensky Reef, Eastern Bushveld Complex, Limpopo Province, South Africa

Electrum

Variety Of: 

Gold

Formula: 
Au
Strunz: 
1.AA.05
Hardness: 
2.5 - 3.0
Formula: 
(Au, Ag)
Strunz: 
1.AA.05
Hardness: 
0.0

Palladoarsenide

Formula: 
Pd2As
Strunz: 
2.AC.25a
Hardness: 
5.0
Type Locality: 
Komsomol'skii Mine (Komsomol'sky), Talnakh Cu-Ni Deposit, Noril'sk, Putoran Plateau, Taimyr Peninsula, Taymyrskiy Autonomous Okrug, Eastern-Siberian Region, Russia...

Palarstanide

Formula: 
Pd8(As,Sn)3
Strunz: 
2.AC.20b
Hardness: 
5.0
Type Locality: 
Mayak Mine (Majak Mine), Talnakh Cu-Ni Deposit, Noril'sk, Putoran Plateau, Taimyr Peninsula, Taymyrskiy Autonomous Okrug, Eastern-Siberian Region, Russia...

Kotulskite

Formula: 
Pd(Te,Bi)
Strunz: 
2.CC.05
Crystal System: 
Hexagonal
Hardness: 
4.0 - 4.5
Type Locality: 
Monchegorsk Cu-Ni Deposit, Monchegorsk, Monche-Tundra, Kola Peninsula, Murmanskaja Oblast', Northern Region, Russia...

Keithconnite

Formula: 
Pd20Te7
Strunz: 
2.BC.20
Hardness: 
5.0
Type Locality: 
Stillwater Complex, Stillwater Co., Montana, USA

Moncheite

Formula: 
(Pt,Pd)(Te,Bi)2
Strunz: 
2.EA.20
Hardness: 
2.0 - 3.0
Type Locality: 
Monchegorsk Cu-Ni Deposit, Monchegorsk, Monche-Tundra, Kola Peninsula, Murmanskaja Oblast', Northern Region, Russia...

Palladinite

Formula: 
PdO
Strunz: 
4.AB.30
Crystal System: 
Tetragonal

Küstelite

Variety Of: 

Silver

Formula: 
Ag
Strunz: 
1.AA.05
Hardness: 
2.5 - 3.0
Hardness: 
0.0

Telargpalite

Formula: 
(Pd,Ag)3(Te,Bi)
Strunz: 
2.BC.45
Crystal System: 
Isometric
Hardness: 
2.0 - 2.5
Colour: 
Lead-gray
Type Locality: 
Komsomol'skii Mine (Komsomol'sky), Talnakh Cu-Ni Deposit, Noril'sk, Putoran Plateau, Taimyr Peninsula, Taymyrskiy Autonomous Okrug, Eastern-Siberian Region, Russia...

Tulameenite

Formula: 
Pt2CuFe
Strunz: 
1.AG.40
Hardness: 
5.0
Colour: 
White
Type Locality: 
Placer Deposits, Tulameen River, Similkameen Mining Division, British Columbia, Canada

Sperrylite

Formula: 
PtAs2
Strunz: 
2.EB.05a
Crystal System: 
Isometric
Hardness: 
6.0 - 7.0
Colour: 
Tin-white
Type Locality: 
Vermilion Mine, Denison Township, Sudbury District, Ontario, Canada

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Postage Area Price
Germany (insured parcel) < 3 kg: 6 $
$6
Germany (insured parcel) > 3 kg - 10 kg: 9.50 $
$9.50
Worldwide, tracked < 1 kg: 10 $
$10
Worldwide, tracked > 1 kg up to 2 kg: 28 $
$28
European Union, tracked > 1 kg up to 2 kg: 18 $
$18
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Combined shipping of multiple specimens is standard after full payment.

Multiple pieces may incur increased postage costs due to higher weight. 

For questions about shipping or possible costs, feel free to contact me: 

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Money back guarantee is valid until 14 days after receiving the payment. The refund will be initiated immediately upon receiving the minerals back. Due to the return time, there may be a delay in the refund. 

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