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Sopcheite

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Description
Locality: 
Sopcha Mountain, Monchegorsk, Murmansk Oblast, Russian Federation
Class: 
Massive/Crystalline
Size Range: 
Thumbnail (1-3cm)
Size: 
1.7 × 1.5 × 0.2 cm
Description

Metallic inclusions of the extremely rare Ag-Pd-Te mineral sopcheite from the TL in Sopche Massif, Russia.

Probably analyzed because it is a polished section in epoxy resin, but the analysis is no longer available.

Ex Vandenbroucke Museum collection from Waregem, Belgium.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Sopcheite

Formula: 
Ag4Pd3Te4
Strunz: 
2.BC.55
Hardness: 
3.5
Colour: 
Gray
Type Locality: 
Sopcha Mt, Monchegorsk Cu-Ni Deposit, Monchegorsk, Monche-Tundra, Kola Peninsula, Murmanskaja Oblast', Northern Region, Russia...

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