Telargpalite

Formula: (Pd,Ag)3Te

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Gray long-prismatic crystal of oulankaite with light grayish telargpalite and pale yellowish-white rims of tulameenite in massive chalcopyrite. Polished section (from microprobe analysis) in reflected light. Picture size: 0.12 mm
Light grayish telargpalite on a gray long-prismatic crystal of oulankaite with and pale yellowish-white rims of tulameenite in massive chalcopyrite. Polished section (from microprobe analysis) in reflected light. Picture size 0.1 mm.
Origin: Lukkulaisvaara ultrabasic Massif, Olanga (Oulanka) River, Oulanka plutonic complex, Karelia Republic, Northern Region, Russia
Owner: Thomas Witzke
 

Photo courtesy of: 

Thomas Witzke

Institut für Mineralogie und Lagerstättenlehre
Aachen, Germany

 

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