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Froodite

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Froodite

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Description
Locality: 
Vermilion Mine, Denison Township, Sudbury District, Ontario, Canada
Size Range: 
Micromount (under 1cm)
Size: 
0.7 × 0.3 × 0.2 cm
Description

This specimen shows a vein of froodite 3.0 mm long and 0.3 mm wide in quartz diorite. Froodite is rarely available, and then only as grains in a polished section. The material here is visible to the unaided eye. The identification of the species has been confirmed by EDS and XRD. See http://www.mindat.org/photo-548572.html

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Froodite

Formula: 
α-PdBi2
Strunz: 
2.AC.45a
Hardness: 
2.5
Colour: 
Grey
Streak: 
Black
Type Locality: 
Frood Mine, McKim Township, Sudbury District, Ontario, Canada

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