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Temagamite

Temagamite
Category	Sulfide (telluride) mineral
Chemical formula	Pd₃HgTe₃
Identification
Color	Bright white to grey
Crystal habit	microscopic includded grains
Crystal system	Orthorhombic
Mohs Scale hardness	2.5
Luster	Metallic
Optical Properties	opaque
Specific gravity	9.5
Diaphaneity	Opaque
References	^[1]^[2]^[3]

Temagamite is a bright white palladium mercury telluride mineral with a hardness of 2½. It was discovered at the Temagami Mine on Temagami Island, Lake Temagami in 1973.^[3]

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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.^[4] 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.^[2]

References

^ 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)