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Cabriite

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Cabriite

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Description
Locality: 
Oktyabrsky Mine, Talnakh, Noril'sk, Putoran Plateau, Taimyr Peninsula, Krasnoyarsk Krai, Russian Federation
Class: 
Massive/Crystalline
Size Range: 
Thumbnail (1-3cm)
Size: 
1.6 × 1 × 0.6 cm
Description

A lot of metallic silvery inclusions of the extremely rare Pd-Cu-Sn mineral cabriite from the type locality in Norilsk, in a specimen what was partially polished.

Specimen completely analyzed by SEM/EDS , see copy enclosed.

As shown in the analysis, it is ferroan cabriite.

Ex Vandenbroucke Museum collection from Waregem, Belgium.

Mineral Data
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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...

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