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Polarite & Taimyrite

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Polarite & Taimyrite

Type Locality

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Description
Locality: 
Mayak Mine, Talnakh, Noril'sk, Putoran Plateau, Taimyr Peninsula, Krasnoyarsk Krai, Russian Federation
Size Range: 
Thumbnail (1-3cm)
Size: 
2.5 × 2.5 × 1.3 cm
Description

Embedded specimen hosting polarite (TL) and taimyrite (TL). Area of interest is marked.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Polarite

Formula: 
Pd(Bi,Pb)
Strunz: 
2.AC.40
Hardness: 
3.5 - 4.0
Type Locality: 
Mayak Mine (Majak Mine), Talnakh Cu-Ni Deposit, Noril'sk, Putoran Plateau, Taimyr Peninsula, Taymyrskiy Autonomous Okrug, Eastern-Siberian Region, Russia...

Taimyrite

Renamed To: 

Taimyrite-I

Formula: 
(Pd,Cu,Pt)3Sn
Strunz: 
1.AG.15
Hardness: 
5.0