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Zvyagintsevite

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Zvyagintsevite

Rare Mineral

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Description
Locality: 
Noril'sk, Putoran Plateau, Taimyr Peninsula, Krasnoyarsk Krai, Russian Federation
Class: 
Massive/Crystalline
Size Range: 
Thumbnail (1-3cm)
Size: 
1.2 × 0.7 × 0.3 cm
Description

Metallic microinclusions of the very rare Pd-Pb mineral zvyagintsevite in a matrix of pentlandite from the famous Norilsk mine in Russia.

Probably 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.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Zvyagintsevite

Formula: 
(Pd,Pt,Au)3(Pb,Sn)
Strunz: 
1.AG.10
Crystal System: 
Isometric
Hardness: 
4.5
Type Locality: 
Talnakh Cu-Ni Deposit, Noril'sk, Putoran Plateau, Taimyr Peninsula, Taymyrskiy Autonomous Okrug, Eastern-Siberian Region, Russia...

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