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Thalfenisite Stannopalladinite & Froodite

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Thalfenisite Stannopalladinite & Froodite

Rare Mineral

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Description
Locality: 
Oktyabr'skoye Deposit, Baymak-Buribay District, Bashkortostan, Russian Federation
Class: 
Combination
Size Range: 
Thumbnail (1-3cm)
Size: 
1 × 2.5 × 2.5 cm
Description

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

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Thalfenisite

Formula: 
Tl6(Fe,Ni,Cu)25S26Cl
Strunz: 
2.FC.05
Hardness: 
1.0 - 1.5
Colour: 
Brown
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...

Stannopalladinite

Formula: 
(Pd,Cu)3Sn2
Strunz: 
1.AG.25
Crystal System: 
Hexagonal
Hardness: 
4.5 - 5.0
Type Locality: 
Ugol'nyi Ruchei Mine, Noril'sk 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