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Platiniferous Palladium & Potarite

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Platiniferous Palladium & Potarite

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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

4 nuggets of Pt-rich palladium (variety platiniferous palladium) from the type locality of palladium with cores of potarite. The main specimen is 1.2 mm in size. Detailed information of these nuggets can be seen in Fleet et al, (2002). Ex. Dr. Jaroslav Hyrsl specimen.

Fleet, ME; De Almeida, CM & Angeli, N. (2002). Botryoidal platinum, palladium and potarite from the Bom Sucesso stream, Minas Gerais, Brazil: Compositional zoning and origin. Can.Min. 40, 341-355.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Platiniferous Palladium

Variety Of: 

Palladium

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

Potarite

Formula: 
PdHg
Strunz: 
1.AD.25
Crystal System: 
Tetragonal
Hardness: 
3.5
Type Locality: 
Kaietur Falls, Potaro River, Kangaruma District, Potaro-Siparuni Region, Guyana

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