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Vysotskite

Rare Mineral

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Description
Locality: 
Noril'sk, Putoran Plateau, Taimyr Peninsula, Krasnoyarsk Krai, Russian Federation
Class: 
Single Crystal
Size Range: 
Micromount (under 1cm)
Size: 
0.1 × 0.1 × 0.1 cm
Description

Inclusions of the very rare Pd mineral vysotskite in chalcosine in a probably analyzed specimen by the former owner of the specimen (the Vandenbrouke Museum) but the analysis is no longer available.

Two specimens are present inside a capsule.

Ex Vandenbroucke Museum collection from Waregem, Belgium.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Vysotskite

Formula: 
(Pd,Ni)S
Strunz: 
2.CC.35a
Hardness: 
1.5
Colour: 
White
Type Locality: 
Severniy Mine (Severnaya Mine), Talnakh Cu-Ni Deposit, Noril'sk, Putoran Plateau, Taimyr Peninsula, Taymyrskiy Autonomous Okrug, Eastern-Siberian Region, Russia...

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