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Palladium Var Platiniferous Palladium

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Palladium Var Platiniferous Palladium

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Description
Locality: 
Bom Sucesso Creek, Serro, Minas Gerais, Brazil
Class: 
Massive/Crystalline
Size Range: 
Thumbnail (1-3cm)
Size: 
2.2 × 0.7 × 0.7 cm
Description

15 nuggets of Pt-rich palladium (variety Platiniferous Palladium) from the type locality for palladium. The main specimen is 1.2 mm in size. Very rare, hard to find specimen.

Ex. PhD Geologist Bob Janssens (specimen #1976), who bought it in 1995.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Palladium

Formula: 
(Pd,Pt)
Strunz: 
1.AF.10
Hardness: 
4.5 - 5.0
Colour: 
White
Type Locality: 
Bom Sucesso Creek, Serro (Serro Frio; Cerrado Frio), Minas Gerais, Brazil

Platiniferous Palladium

Variety Of: 

Palladium

Formula: 
(Pd,Pt)
Strunz: 
1.AF.10
Hardness: 
4.5 - 5.0
Formula: 
(Pd,Pt)
Hardness: 
0.0

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