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Tatyanaite

Formula:
(Pt,Pd,Cu)
 
9
Cu
 
3
Sn
 
4
System:OrthorhombicColour:Pink
Lustre:MetallicHardness:3½ - 4
Name:Named after Tat'yana L'vovna Evstigneeva (b. 1945), of the Institute of Geology of Ore Deposits, Petrography, Mineralogy and Geochemistry, Russian Academy of Sciences (Moscow), in recognition of her work on platinum group minerals and other ore minerals of the Noril'sk complex.


the Pt analogue of taimyrite.

Classification of Tatyanaite

IMA status:Approved 1995
Strunz 8th edition ID:1/A.17-40
Nickel-Strunz 10th (pending) edition ID:1.AG.15

1 : ELEMENTS (Metals and intermetallic alloys; metalloids and nonmetals; carbides, silicides, nitrides, phosphides)
A : Metals and Intermetallic Alloys
G : PGE-metal alloys
Dana 8th edition ID:1.2.10.2

1 : NATIVE ELEMENTS AND ALLOYS
2 : Platinum Group Metals and Alloys
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Type Occurrence of Tatyanaite

Type Locality:Taimyr (Oktyabr'skoye; Oktyabr'sky) Cu-Ni deposit, Noril'sk, Putoran Plateau, Taimyr Peninsula, Taymyrskiy Autonomous Okrug, Eastern-Siberian Region, Russia

Physical Properties of Tatyanaite

Lustre:Metallic
Colour:Pink
Hardness (Mohs):3½ - 4

Crystallography of Tatyanaite

Crystal System:Orthorhombic

Chemical Properties of Tatyanaite

Formula:
(Pt,Pd,Cu)
 
9
Cu
 
3
Sn
 
4
Essential elements:Cu, Pt, Sn
All elements listed in formula:Cu, Pd, Pt, Sn

Relationship of Tatyanaite to other Species

Series:Forms a series with Taimyrite (see here)
Related Minerals - Nickel-Strunz Grouping):

- +
1.AG.05Hexaferrum
(Fe,Os,Ru,Ir)
1.AG.05IMA2008-055
(Ni,Fe,Ir)
1.AG.10Atokite
(Pd,Pt)
 
3
Sn
1.AG.10Rustenburgite
(Pt,Pd)
 
3
Sn
1.AG.10Zvyagintsevite
(Pd,Pt,Au)
 
3
(Pb,Sn)
1.AG.15Taimyrite
(Pd,Cu,Pt)
 
3
Sn
1.AG.20Paolovite
Pd
 
2
Sn
1.AG.25Plumbopalladinite
Pd
 
3
Pb
 
2
1.AG.25Stannopalladinite
(Pd,Cu)
 
3
Sn
 
2
1.AG.30Cabriite
Pd
 
2
SnCu
1.AG.35Chengdeite
Ir
 
3
Fe
1.AG.35Isoferroplatinum
Pt
 
3
Fe
1.AG.40Ferronickelplatinum
Pt
 
2
FeNi
1.AG.40Tetraferroplatinum
PtFe
1.AG.40Tulameenite
Pt
 
2
CuFe
1.AG.45Hongshiite
PtCu
1.AG.45Skaergaardite
PdCu
1.AG.50Yixunite
Pt
 
3
In
1.AG.55Damiaoite
PtIn
 
2
1.AG.60Niggliite
PtSn
1.AG.65Bortnikovite
Pd
 
4
Cu
 
3
Zn
1.AG.70Nielsenite
PdCu
 
3

Other Names for Tatyanaite

Synonyms:
IMA1995-049
Other Languages:
German:Tatyanait
Spanish:Tatyanaita

Other Information

Health Warning:No information on health risks for this material has been entered into the database. You should always treat mineral specimens with care.

References for Tatyanaite

Reference List:Barkov, A.Y., R.F. Martin, G. Poirier, M. Tarkian, Y.A. Pakhomovskii, Y.P. Men'shikov (2000) Tatyanaite, a new platinum-group mineral, the Pt analogue of taimyrite, from the Noril'sk complex (northern Siberia, Russia). European Journal of Mineralogy: 12: 391-396.

Barkov, A.Y., Martin, R.F., Poirier, G., and Yakovlev, Y.N. (2000b) The taimyrite-tatyanaite series and zoning in intermetallic compounds of Pt, Pd, Cu, and Sn from Noril'sk, Siberia, Russia. Canadian Mineralogist: 38: 599-609.

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    Localities for Tatyanaite

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    Russia
     
    • Eastern-Siberian Region
      • Taymyrskiy Autonomous Okrug
        • Taimyr Peninsula
          • Putoran Plateau
            • Noril'sk
    		[AmMin 84:1845]; Can Min 38:599-609
    • Far-Eastern Region
      • Khabarovskiy Kray
        • Ayan-Maya district
          • Aldan shield
    		Shcheka G.G., Lehmann B., Gierth E., Gomann K., Wallianos A. (2004) Macrocrystals of Pt-Fe alloy from the Kondyor PGE placer deposit, Khabarovskiy kray, Russia: trace-element content, mineral inclusions and reaction assemblages, - Can. Miner., v.42, N2, pp. 601-617.
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