Detailed information
Species
Palarstanide, Taimyrite, Sobolevskite
Dimensions
22 x 22 x 6
mm
Weight
4 g
Locality
Oktyabrsky Mine, Talnakh Cu-Ni Deposit Noril'sk, Taimyr Peninsula Eastern-Siberian Region, Russia
Condition
No recorded repairs
The Oktyabrsky Mine, Talnakh Cu-Ni Deposit, is the Type Locality for 13 different mineral species, many of which are palladium, or platinum-bearing. This sample contains three palladium-bearing species, one of which was first described from this deposit - Sobolevskite. The previous collectors label records Palarstanide as the most significant species, as inclusions in Taimyrite, along with Sobolevskite. As always with these species, they form complex microscopic intergrowths that are only identifiable using reflected light microscopy and scanning electron microscopy (SEM). The sample we have here is a typical polished mount used for both reflected light microscopy and SEM studies. The minerals occur in a 12 x 8 mm chip mounted in the polished block with one surface polished. This is not our usual type of specimen, but included due to its rarity. Examples of these rare species from this occurrence are few and far between. The overall measurements provided indicate the size of the polished block.
