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Zvyagintsevite & Violarite

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Zvyagintsevite & Violarite

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Description
Locality: 
Lukkulaisvaara Massif, Olanga River, Northern Karelia, Karelia Republic, Russian Federation
Class: 
Combination
Size Range: 
Thumbnail (1-3cm)
Size: 
0.3 × 2 × 1.8 cm
Description

Polished section of zvyagintsevite, violarite etc. (comes with documentation Prof. Rudashesvsky, SEM/X-ray)

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Zvyagintsevite

Formula: 
(Pd,Pt,Au)3(Pb,Sn)
Strunz: 
1.AG.10
Crystal System: 
Isometric
Hardness: 
4.5
Type Locality: 
Talnakh Cu-Ni Deposit, Noril'sk, Putoran Plateau, Taimyr Peninsula, Taymyrskiy Autonomous Okrug, Eastern-Siberian Region, Russia...

Violarite

Formula: 
Fe2+Ni3+2S4
Strunz: 
2.DA.05
Crystal System: 
Isometric
Hardness: 
4.5 - 5.5
Streak: 
Black
Type Locality: 
Vermilion Mine, Denison Township, Sudbury District, Ontario, Canada