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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: 
Micromount (under 1cm)
Size: 
0.1 × 0.1 × 0.1 cm
Description

12 nuggets of Pt-rich palladium (variety platiniferous palladium) from the type locality of palladium. The main specimen is 1.1 mm in size. 

This is the second and last platiniferous palladium specimen (#1977) of the collection of PhD Geologist Bob Janssens, who bought it in 1995.

Very rare, hard to find specimen. 

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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