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Thalfenisite & Moncheite

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Thalfenisite & Moncheite

Rare Mineral

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Description
Locality: 
Oktyabr'skoye Deposit, Baymak-Buribay District, Bashkortostan, Russian Federation
Class: 
Combination
Size Range: 
Micromount (under 1cm)
Size: 
0.8 × 0.6 × 0.6 cm
Description

Polished section of thalfensinite etc. (comes with documentation Prof. Rudashesvsky, SEM/X-ray)

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Thalfenisite

Formula: 
Tl6(Fe,Ni,Cu)25S26Cl
Strunz: 
2.FC.05
Hardness: 
1.0 - 1.5
Colour: 
Brown
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...

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...