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Oulankaite Zvyagintsevite & Pentlandite

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Oulankaite Zvyagintsevite & Pentlandite

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: 
0.4 × 1.7 × 1.5 cm
Description

Polished section of oulankaite, zvyagintsevite etc. (comes with 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

Zvyagintsevite

Formula: 
(Pd,Pt,Au)3(Pb,Sn)
Strunz: 
1.AG.10
Crystal System: 
Isometric
Hardness: 
4.5
Type Locality: 
Talnakh Cu-Ni Deposit, Noril'sk, Putoran Plateau, Taimyr Peninsula, Taymyrskiy Autonomous Okrug, Eastern-Siberian Region, Russia...

Pentlandite

Formula: 
(Fe,Ni)9S8
Strunz: 
2.BB.15
Crystal System: 
Isometric
Hardness: 
3.5 - 4.0
Type Locality: 
Craignure Mine, Inveraray, Strathclyde (Argyllshire), Scotland, UK