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Braggite Vysotskite & Telluropalladinite

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Braggite Vysotskite & Telluropalladinite

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Description
Locality: 
Stillwater Complex, Stillwater County, Montana, United States of America
Class: 
Massive/Crystalline
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
5.1 × 3.2 × 1 cm
Description

You are bidding on a polished, probed sample from the Stillwater Complex with three locations indicating rare braggite, vysotskite and type locality telluropalladinite. Analyzed by Ivan Vavrin, Prague. 

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Braggite

Formula: 
(Pt,Pd,Ni)S
Strunz: 
2.CC.35a
Crystal System: 
Tetragonal
Hardness: 
5.0
Type Locality: 
Mokopane (Potgietersrus), Waterberg District, Bushveld Complex, Limpopo Province, South Africa

Vysotskite

Formula: 
(Pd,Ni)S
Strunz: 
2.CC.35a
Hardness: 
1.5
Colour: 
White
Type Locality: 
Severniy Mine (Severnaya Mine), Talnakh Cu-Ni Deposit, Noril'sk, Putoran Plateau, Taimyr Peninsula, Taymyrskiy Autonomous Okrug, Eastern-Siberian Region, Russia...

Telluropalladinite

Formula: 
Pd9Te4
Strunz: 
2.BC.30
Hardness: 
5.0
Type Locality: 
Stillwater Complex, Stillwater Co., Montana, USA

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