| Temagamite | |
|---|---|
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| General | |
| Category | Telluride mineral |
| Formula (repeating unit) | Pd3HgTe3 |
| IMA symbol | Tem[1] |
| Strunz classification | 2.BC.50 |
| Crystal system | Orthorhombic Unknown space group |
| Identification | |
| Color | Bright white to grey |
| Crystal habit | microscopic included grains |
| Mohs scale hardness | 2.5 |
| Luster | Metallic |
| Diaphaneity | Opaque |
| Specific gravity | 9.5 |
| Pleochroism | Weak |
| References | [2][3][4] |
Temagamite is a bright white palladium mercury telluride mineral with a hardness of 2+1⁄2 on the Mohs scale. Its chemical formula is Pd3HgTe3. It was discovered at the Temagami Mine on Temagami Island, Lake Temagami in 1973,[4] and it represents a rare mineral in the Temagami Greenstone Belt.
It occurs as microscopic inclusions within massive chalcopyrite at Temagami in association with other rare tellurides: merenskyite, stützite, hessite and an unnamed Pd-Hg-Ag telluride.[5] In addition to the discovery locality, it has been reported from the Stillwater igneous complex in Montana and the New Rambler copper–nickel mine in the Medicine Bow Mountains of Wyoming.[3]
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- ^ http://webmineral.com/data/Temagamite.shtml Webmineral data
- ^ a b http://rruff.geo.arizona.edu/doclib/hom/temagamite.pdf Mineral Handbook
- ^ a b http://www.mindat.org/min-3908.html Temagamite: Temagamite mineral information and data Retrieved on 2007-08-30
- ^ http://rruff.geo.arizona.edu/doclib/cm/vol12/CM12_193.pdf Canadian Mineralogist, Vol. ll pp. 193-198 (1973)