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Atokite

Rare Mineral

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Description
Locality: 
Komsomolski District, Khabarovsk Krai, Russian Federation
Class: 
Single Crystal
Size Range: 
Micromount (under 1cm)
Size: 
0.2 × 0.15 × 0.1 cm
Description

Cubic crystal of the extremely rare palladium-tin mineral atokite (Pd3Sn) associated to isoferroplatinum from a locality in Russia.

Analyzed specimen, see copy attached.

Palladium minerals are very rare in Nature and rarely seen in the systematic mineral market, less in this quality !

A very sought after palladium species with identification confirmed by analysis.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Atokite

Formula: 
(Pd,Pt)3Sn
Strunz: 
1.AG.10
Crystal System: 
Isometric
Hardness: 
4.5
Type Locality: 
Atok Mine, Merensky Reef, Eastern Bushveld Complex, Limpopo Province, South Africa

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