Temagamite

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,^[3] and it represents a rare mineral in the Temagami Greenstone Belt.

Temagamite
General
Category	Telluride mineral
Formula (repeating unit)	Pd3HgTe3
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	[1][2][3]

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.^[4] 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.

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