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Mooihoekite & Talnakhite

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Mooihoekite & Talnakhite

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Description
Locality: 
Talnakh, Noril'sk, Putoran Plateau, Taimyr Peninsula, Krasnoyarsk Krai, Russian Federation
Class: 
Massive/Crystalline
Size Range: 
Thumbnail (1-3cm)
Size: 
1.4 × 1.2 × 1 cm
Description

specimen with purple aggregates of mooihoekite with associate brass-yellow talnakhite from the type locality.

For value the dimension of the crystals I remenber you that the photos of my specimens are taken at only 20/40 enlargement!

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Mooihoekite

Formula: 
Cu9Fe9S16
Strunz: 
2.CB.10b
Hardness: 
4.0
Type Locality: 
Mooihoek Farm 255 KT, Lydenburg, Eastern Bushveld Complex, Mpumalanga Province, South Africa

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...

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