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Sperrylite In Talnakhite

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Sperrylite In Talnakhite

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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: 
2.2 × 1.6 × 0.7 cm
Largest Crystal: 
1.00cm
Description

Superb skeletal growth of sperrylite crystal of 10mm in size, with mirror-like faces, etched out of a talnakhite-rich matrix. Very aerial and aesthetic specimen of this rare platinum arsenide.

Ex. Iván Blanco collection.

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

Talnakhite

Formula: 
Cu9(Fe,Ni)8S16
Strunz: 
2.CB.10b
Hardness: 
0.0
Type Locality: 
Talnakh Cu-Ni Deposit, Noril'sk, Putoran Plateau, Taimyr Peninsula, Taymyrskiy Autonomous Okrug, Eastern-Siberian Region, Russia...

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