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Putoranite Mooihoekite & Cubanite

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Putoranite Mooihoekite & Cubanite

Rare Mineral

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Description
Locality: 
Talnakh, Noril'sk, Putoran Plateau, Taimyr Peninsula, Krasnoyarsk Krai, Russian Federation
Class: 
Combination
Size Range: 
Thumbnail (1-3cm)
Size: 
1 × 2.5 × 2.5 cm
Description

Polished section of taimyrite ect. (comes with documentation Prof. Rudashesvsky)

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Putoranite

Formula: 
Cu9(Fe,Ni)9S16
Strunz: 
2.CB.10b
Hardness: 
4.5
Colour: 
Yellow
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...

Mooihoekite

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

Cubanite

Formula: 
CuFe2S3
Strunz: 
2.CB.55a
Crystal System: 
Orthorhombic
Hardness: 
3.5
Type Locality: 
Barracanao (Baracoa), Moa-Baracoa District, Mayarí-Baracoa Belt, Holguín Province, Cuba