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Name: Kolarite RRUFF ID: R070677 Ideal Chemistry: PbTeCl2 Locality: Oktyabr'sky Mine, Noril'sk, Putoran Mts, Taymyrskiy Autonomous Okrug, Eastern-Siberian Region, Russia Source: Michael Scott S106032 [view label] Owner: RRUFF Description: Steel gray metallic massive polished fragment embedded in epoxy Status: The identification of this mineral is not yet confirmed. |
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Anthony J W, Bideaux R A, Bladh K W, and Nichols M C (1990) Handbook of Mineralogy, Mineral Data Publishing, Tucson Arizona, USA, by permission of the Mineralogical Society of America. [view file] |
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Genkin A D, Safonov Y G, Vasudev V N, Rao B K, Boronikhin V A, Vyalsov L N, Gorshkov A I, Mokhov A V (1985) Kolarite PbTeCl2 and radhakrishnaite PbTe3(Cl,S)2, new mineral species from the Kolar Gold Deposit, India, The Canadian Mineralogist, 23, 501-506 [view file] |
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Hawthorne F C, Bladh K W, Burke E A J, Ercit S, Grew E S, Grice J D, Puziewicz J, Roberts A C, Schedler R A, Shigley J E (1986) New mineral names, American Mineralogist, 71, 1543-1548 [view file] |
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