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Oulankaite Moncheite Telargpalite & Tulameenite

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Oulankaite Moncheite Telargpalite & Tulameenite

Type Locality

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Description
Locality: 
Lukkulaisvaara Massif, Olanga River, Northern Karelia, Karelia Republic, Russian Federation
Class: 
Combination
Size Range: 
Thumbnail (1-3cm)
Size: 
1 × 2.5 × 2.5 cm
Description

Polished section of oulankaite etc. (comes with documentation Prof. Rudashesvsky, SEM)

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Oulankaite

Formula: 
(Pd,Pt)5(Cu,Fe)4SnTe2S2
Strunz: 
2.BC.40
Crystal System: 
Tetragonal
Hardness: 
3.5 - 4.0
Type Locality: 
Lukkulaisvaara ultrabasic Massif (Lukkulaisvaara pluton; Lukkulaisvaara layered intrusion), Olanga River (Oulanka River), Oulanka plutonic complex, Northern Karelia, Karelia Republic, Northern Region, Russia

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...

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