Mineral: Cabriite on Sperrylite and on Chalcopyrite
Locality: Oktyabr'skoe deposit, Talnakh, Noril'sk, Putoran Plateau, Taimyr Peninsula, Taymyrskiy Autonomous Okrug, Krasnoyarsk Krai, Russia
Dimensions: 6 x 4 x 4.5 cm / main crystal: 1.8 cm

Description: Oktyabrskiy Rudnik, Talnakh, Noril'sk, Russia Mass: 177 g MIM number: 2242 Bent crystal, relatively well formed for this extremely rare species, protruding from a mass of chalcopyrite and other sulfides from which it was released, along with a 2.4 cm crystal of very well formed and bi-terminated sperrylite. Photographer: AINU / Augustin de Valence

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