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Talnakhite

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Description
Locality: 
Talnakh, Noril'sk, Putoran Plateau, Taimyr Peninsula, Krasnoyarsk Krai, Russian Federation
Class: 
Crystal Group/Cluster
Size Range: 
Micromount (under 1cm)
Size: 
0.9 × 0.6 × 0.4 cm
Description

Orange-bronze to purple prismatic crystals of talnakhite in a magnetic matrix of pyrrhotite, cubanite and subhedral magnetite, from Talnakh, the type locality. Aesthetic specimen of this rare platinum arsenide.

Ex Francis Hubert #11661.

Mineral Data
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Talnakhite

Formula: 
Cu9(Fe,Ni)8S16
Strunz: 
2.CB.10b
Hardness: 
0.0
Type Locality: 
Talnakh Cu-Ni Deposit, Noril'sk, Putoran Plateau, Taimyr Peninsula, Taymyrskiy Autonomous Okrug, Eastern-Siberian Region, Russia...

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