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Kotulskite

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Kotulskite

Rare Mineral

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Description
Locality: 
Talnakh, Noril'sk, Putoran Plateau, Taimyr Peninsula, Krasnoyarsk Krai, Russian Federation
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Thumbnail (1-3cm)
Size: 
1.2 × 0.9 × 0.5 cm
Description

Metallic inclusions of the very rare Pd-Te-Bi mineral kotulskite in an  analyzed specimen by SEM/EDS (see copy enclosed) from the famous Talnakh, Norils'k deposit in Russia.

Some organic impurities are present in the analysis (in the form of C and O) and percentages are only approximate since the sample was not carbon coated.

Ex Vandenbroucke Museum collection from Waregem, Belgium.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Kotulskite

Formula: 
Pd(Te,Bi)
Strunz: 
2.CC.05
Crystal System: 
Hexagonal
Hardness: 
4.0 - 4.5
Type Locality: 
Monchegorsk Cu-Ni Deposit, Monchegorsk, Monche-Tundra, Kola Peninsula, Murmanskaja Oblast', Northern Region, Russia...

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