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Oulankaite Telargpalite & Kotulskite

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Oulankaite Telargpalite & Kotulskite

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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 oulankite, telargpalite, kotulskite etc. (documentation Prof. Rudashesvsky, SEM/X-ray)

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

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...

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...