Telargpalite

telargpalite

millerite

braggite

kotulskite

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Formula: (Pd,Ag)₃Te
Telluride, telargpalite group, palladium-bearing mineral
Crystal System: Isometric
Specific gravity: 7.378 calculated
Hardness: 2 to 2½
Colour: Lead-grey
Common impurities: Pb,Bi,Se
Environments

Metamorphic environments

Localities

At the type locality, the Komsomol'skii Mine, Talnakh Cu-Ni Deposit, Noril'sk, Putoran Plateau, Taimyr Peninsula, Taymyrskiy Autonomous Okrug, Krasnoyarsk Krai, Russia, telargpalite occurs in metasomatically altered copper-nickel sulphide ores, associated with chalcopyrite, bornite, millerite, braggite, silver, kotulskite and clausthalite (HOM).

At the Stillwater Mine, Stillwater County, Montana, USA, telargpalite occurs in the layered ultramafic Stillwater complex (HOM).

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