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Putoranite & Talnakhite

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Putoranite & Talnakhite

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Description
Locality: 
Talnakh, Noril'sk, Putoran Plateau, Taimyr Peninsula, Krasnoyarsk Krai, Russian Federation
Class: 
Massive/Crystalline
Size Range: 
Micromount (under 1cm)
Size: 
0.9 × 0.8 × 0.6 cm
Description

Golden crystal aggregates of the very rare sulphide mineral putoranite associated to talnakhite and two unknown minerals, one of them green and the other one orange.

Ex.Fersman Museum (Moscow) specimen and ex.-F. Bauer collection with three labels included (see photo).

Putoranite has only been found in 3 localities worldwide.

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...

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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