Parkerite Talnakhite Image

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Parkerite, Talnakhite

Mineral:

Parkerite: Ni3(Bi,Pb)2S2
Talnakhite: Cu9(Fe,Ni)8S16

Comments:

Cut, not polished section showing rounded grains of parkerite (yellow arrow) in 'dactiloscopyc' galena aggregate in talnakhite-chalcopyrite ore. Talnakhite is bronze-violet slightly oxidised grain streaked with golden chalcopyrite.

Location:

Taimyr (Oktyabr'skoye; Oktyabr'sky) Cu-Ni deposit, Noril'sk, Putoran Plateau, Taimyr Peninsula, Taymyrskiy Autonomous Okrug, Eastern-Siberian Region, Russia.

Scale:

Picture Size 4x3 mm.

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