Temagamite

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name = Temagamite
category = Sulfide (telluride) mineral
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formula = Pd₃HgTe₃
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color = Bright white to grey
habit = microscopic includded grains
system = Orthorhombic
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mohs = 2.5
luster = Metallic
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gravity = 9.5
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diaphaneity = Opaque
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references = [http://webmineral.com/data/Temagamite.shtml Webmineral data] http://rruff.geo.arizona.edu/doclib/hom/temagamite.pdf Mineral Handbook] http://www.mindat.org/min-3908.html Temagamite: Temagamite mineral information and data Retrieved on 2007-08-30]

Temagamite is a bright white palladium mercury telluride mineral with a hardness of 2½. Its chemical formula is Pd₃HgTe₃. It was discovered at the Temagami Mine on Temagami Island, Lake Temagami in 1973.

It occurs as microscopic inclusions within massive chalcopyrite at Temagami in assotiation with other rare tellurides: merenskyite, stützite, hessite and an unnamed Pd-Hg-Ag telluride. [http://rruff.geo.arizona.edu/doclib/cm/vol12/CM12_193.pdf Canadian Mineralogist, Vol. ll pp. 193-198 (1973)] In addition to the discovery locality, it has been reported from the Stillwater igneous complex in Montana and the New Rambler Cu–Ni mine in the Medicine Bow Mountains of Wyoming.

ee also

*List of minerals

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