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Sperrylite from
Miessijoki River, Enontekiö, Lapland, Finland


Locality type:River
Classification
Species:Sperrylite
Formula:PtAs2
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Sperrylite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Miessijoki River, Enontekiö, Lapland, Finland
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:598558
Long-form Identifier:1:3:598558:6
GUID (UUID V4):0
Localities for Sperrylite in this Region
Rapeli-Kangas claim, Miessijoki River, Enontekiö, Lapland, Finland
Nearest other occurrences of Sperrylite
77.6km (48.2 miles) ⓘSargejåk, Karasjok, Troms og Finnmark, Norway
94.5km (58.7 miles) ⓘStorfossen, Karasjok, Troms og Finnmark, Norway
References
33rd International Geological Congress (2008) session MPM-04 Platinum-group mineralogy: Pt-Pd selenides from river placers, northern Finland
Kojonen, K. K., McDonald, A. M., Stanley, C. J., Johanson, B. (2011) Törnroosite, Pd11As2Te2, a new mineral species related to isomertieite from Miessijoki, Finnish Lapland, Finland. The Canadian Mineralogist, 49 (6) 1643-1651 doi:10.3749/canmin.49.6.1643
Kari Kojonen (2012) PGE ore potential in the southwestern granulite belt of Northern Finland. Geological Survey of Finland, Report of Investigation 207 pp 64-67
Kojonen, K., McDonald, A. M., Stanley, C. J., Johanson, B., & Tranberg, J. (2014) An unusual Se-bearing moncheite and Te-bearing palladseite, Miessi River, Inari, Finland. 21 st meeting of the International Mineralogical Association. p 104
 
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