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Insizwaite Sobolevskite Talnakhite & Froodite

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Insizwaite Sobolevskite Talnakhite & Froodite

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Description
Locality: 
Oktyabrsky Mine, Talnakh, Noril'sk, Putoran Plateau, Taimyr Peninsula, Krasnoyarsk Krai, Russian Federation
Class: 
Massive/Crystalline
Size Range: 
Micromount (under 1cm)
Size: 
0 × 0 × 0 cm
Description

You are bidding on a fully analyzed polished probe with sobolevskite, insizwaite, froodite, talnakhite, altaite and other minerals in sulfide bearign matrix. Comes with complete analysis (see analysis tab above) and the resin bearer measures 2.5cm for scale. 

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Insizwaite

Formula: 
Pt(Bi,Sb)2
Strunz: 
2.EB.05a
Hardness: 
5.0 - 5.5
Type Locality: 
Waterfall Gorge, Insizwa, Alfred Nzo District, Eastern Cape Province, South Africa

Sobolevskite

Formula: 
Pd(Bi,Te)
Strunz: 
2.CC.05
Hardness: 
4.0
Type Locality: 
Oktyabr'skoe Cu-Ni deposit (Oktyabr'skoye; Oktyabr'sky), Talnakh Cu-Ni Deposit, Noril'sk, Putoran Plateau, Taimyr Peninsula, Taymyrskiy Autonomous Okrug, Eastern-Siberian Region, Russia...

Talnakhite

Formula: 
Cu9(Fe,Ni)8S16
Strunz: 
2.CB.10b
Hardness: 
0.0
Type Locality: 
Talnakh Cu-Ni Deposit, Noril'sk, Putoran Plateau, Taimyr Peninsula, Taymyrskiy Autonomous Okrug, Eastern-Siberian Region, Russia...

Froodite

Formula: 
α-PdBi2
Strunz: 
2.AC.45a
Hardness: 
2.5
Colour: 
Grey
Streak: 
Black
Type Locality: 
Frood Mine, McKim Township, Sudbury District, Ontario, Canada
Analysis
Analysis Report - only: Insizwaite Sobolevskite Talnakhite & Froodite
Analysis Report - only: Insizwaite Sobolevskite Talnakhite & Froodite

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