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Geversite Paolovite Cabriite & Froodite

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Geversite Paolovite Cabriite & Froodite

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Description
Locality: 
Oktyabrsky Mine, Talnakh, Noril'sk, Putoran Plateau, Taimyr Peninsula, Krasnoyarsk Krai, Russian Federation
Class: 
Combination
Size Range: 
Small miniature (3-4.5 cm)
Size: 
0.2 × 3 × 2 cm
Description

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

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Geversite

Formula: 
PtSb2
Strunz: 
2.EB.05a
Crystal System: 
Isometric
Hardness: 
4.5 - 5.0
Type Locality: 
Driekop mine, Sekhukhuneland, Burgersfort, Bushveld Complex, Limpopo Province, South Africa

Paolovite

Formula: 
Pd2Sn
Strunz: 
1.AG.20
Crystal System: 
Orthorhombic
Hardness: 
5.0
Colour: 
White
Type Locality: 
Oktyabr'skoe Cu-Ni deposit (Oktyabr'skoye; Oktyabr'sky), Talnakh Cu-Ni Deposit, Noril'sk, Putoran Plateau, Taimyr Peninsula, Taymyrskiy Autonomous Okrug, Eastern-Siberian Region, Russia...

Cabriite

Formula: 
Pd2CuSn
Strunz: 
1.AG.30
Crystal System: 
Orthorhombic
Hardness: 
4.0
Type Locality: 
Oktyabr'skoe Cu-Ni deposit (Oktyabr'skoye; Oktyabr'sky), Talnakh Cu-Ni Deposit, Noril'sk, Putoran Plateau, Taimyr Peninsula, Taymyrskiy Autonomous Okrug, Eastern-Siberian Region, Russia...

Froodite

Formula: 
α-PdBi2
Strunz: 
2.AC.45a
Hardness: 
2.5
Colour: 
Grey
Streak: 
Black
Type Locality: 
Frood Mine, McKim Township, Sudbury District, Ontario, Canada