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Name: Taimyrite
Tmy-I
IMA Chemistry: (Pd,Pt)9Cu3Sn4
Chemistry Elements: The mineral Taimyrite contains elements:
Palladium (Pd)
Platinum (Pt)
Copper (Cu)
Tin (Sn)
Country of Type Locality: Russia
Year First Published: 1973
IMA Status: Approved,Renamed
Status Notes: Begizov V D, Sluzhenikin S F (1976) On the compositions of some platinum minerals from the northwest and extreme north of the Talnakh ore junction. T︠S︡entral’nyĭ Nauchno-issledovatelʹskiĭ Geologorazvedochnyĭ Institut T︠S︡vetnykh i Blagorodnykh Metallov 122, 107-116 Name changed from taimyrite-I: Hatert F, Mills S J, Pasero M, Miyawaki R, Bosi F (2023) CNMNC guidelines for the nomenclature of polymorphs and polysomes. Mineralogical Magazine 87, 225-232
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Crystal Systems: orthorhombic
Oldest Known Age: 2443.9 Million Years Ago
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