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Formula: (Mn,Pb,Cd)(Cu,Fe)8S8
Sulphide, manganese-, lead-,
cadmium-, copper- and
iron- bearing mineral
Crystal System: Isometric
Specific gravity: 4.44 calculated
Hardness: 4
Environments
Manganoshadlunite is unnamed, but probably valid. It was published in 1973, but to date (May 2025) it has
been reported only from the first recorded localities.
Localities
There are two first recorded localities, the Mayak Mine, Talnakh Cu-Ni Deposit, Norilsk-Talnakh Mining Region,
Taimyr Peninsula, Taymyrskiy Autonomous Okrug, Krasnoyarsk Krai, Russia and the Oktyabrsky Mine,
Talnakh Cu-Ni Deposit, Norilsk-Talnakh Mining Region, Taimyr Peninsula, Taymyrskiy Autonomous Okrug, Krasnoyarsk
Krai, Russia.
At these localities manganoshadlunite occurs in copper-nickel sulphide ores as irregular grains, up to
0.4 mm in size, and as veinlets, mostly in cubanite and also in
talnakhite ores. Shadlunite
occurs in the same deposits
(HOM, AM 58.1114).
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