Temagamite

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.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. 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.
See more at Wikipedia.org...

General Information:
 Chemical Formula:
Pd3HgTe3
 Composition:
(Molecular Weight = 902.65 gm)
Mercury 22.22 % Hg
Tellurium 42.41 % Te
Palladium 35.37 % Pd
 Empirical Formula:
Pd3HgTe3
 IMA Status:
Approved IMA 1973
 Locality:
Temagami Cu deposti, Temagami, Island, Ontario, Canada.
 Name Origin:
Named for the locality.
Physical Properties:
 Color:
gray.
 Density:
9.45
 Diaphaniety:
Opaque
 Habits:
Microscopic Crystals - Crystals visible only with microscopes., ,
 Hardness:
2.5 - Finger Nail
 Luster:
Metallic
More details...