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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: 
Thumbnail (1-3cm)
Size: 
2.3 × 0.8 × 0.8 cm
Description

4 nuggets of palladium (variety platiniferous palladium) from the type locality of palladium, with cores of potarite. Detailed information of these nuggets can be seen in Fleet et al, (2002).

The measures are those of the container.

 

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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