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Oulankaite & Telargpalite & Moncheite

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Oulankaite & Telargpalite & Moncheite

Rare Mineral

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Description
Locality: 
Lukkulaisvaara Massif, Olanga River, Northern Karelia, Karelia Republic, Russian Federation
Class: 
Massive/Crystalline
Size Range: 
Small miniature (3-4.5 cm)
Size: 
4 × 2 × 0.5 cm
Description

Metallic inclusions of the three very rare Pt-Pd telluride minerals oulankaite & telargpalite & moncheite from Russia in a polished section that was analyzed by the former owner of the specimen (the Vandenbroucke Museum, but the analysis is no longer available)

Ex Vandenbroucke Museum collection from Waregem, Belgium.

No duplicates available.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Oulankaite

Formula: 
(Pd,Pt)5(Cu,Fe)4SnTe2S2
Strunz: 
2.BC.40
Crystal System: 
Tetragonal
Hardness: 
3.5 - 4.0
Type Locality: 
Lukkulaisvaara ultrabasic Massif (Lukkulaisvaara pluton; Lukkulaisvaara layered intrusion), Olanga River (Oulanka River), Oulanka plutonic complex, Northern Karelia, Karelia Republic, Northern Region, Russia

Telargpalite

Formula: 
(Pd,Ag)3(Te,Bi)
Strunz: 
2.BC.45
Crystal System: 
Isometric
Hardness: 
2.0 - 2.5
Colour: 
Lead-gray
Type Locality: 
Komsomol'skii Mine (Komsomol'sky), Talnakh Cu-Ni Deposit, Noril'sk, Putoran Plateau, Taimyr Peninsula, Taymyrskiy Autonomous Okrug, Eastern-Siberian Region, Russia...

Moncheite

Formula: 
(Pt,Pd)(Te,Bi)2
Strunz: 
2.EA.20
Hardness: 
2.0 - 3.0
Type Locality: 
Monchegorsk Cu-Ni Deposit, Monchegorsk, Monche-Tundra, Kola Peninsula, Murmanskaja Oblast', Northern Region, Russia...

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