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Sperrylite

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Sperrylite

Rare Mineral
Classic Locality

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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: 
2.8 × 2.1 × 1.8 cm
Description

Well developed crystals of rare platinum arsenide Sperrylite on typically Chalcopyrite bearing matrix. The Sperrylite is sharp edged and exceeding highly metallic lustrous. This fact makes a good image exceeding difficult. Despite the specimen is not 100% perfect, this is anyway a very good item. 

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Sperrylite

Formula: 
PtAs2
Strunz: 
2.EB.05a
Crystal System: 
Isometric
Hardness: 
6.0 - 7.0
Colour: 
Tin-white
Type Locality: 
Vermilion Mine, Denison Township, Sudbury District, Ontario, Canada
Wendel Minerals

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