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Arsenopalladinite

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Arsenopalladinite

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Description
Locality: 
Itabira, Minas Gerais, Brazil
Class: 
Single Crystal
Size Range: 
Micromount (under 1cm)
Size: 
0.1 × 0.1 × 0.1 cm
Description

Really outstanding single crystal of the very rare palladium mineral arsenopalladinite from the type locality in Itabira. Many crystal faces can be clearly seen.

Analyzed specimen by SEM/EDS, see copy enclosed.

Arsenopalladinite specimens in this quality are rarely seen in the market , since almost all specimens in the market are polished sections.

Ex Vandenbroucke Museum collection from Waregem, Belgium.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Arsenopalladinite

Formula: 
Pd8(As,Sb)3
Strunz: 
2.AC.10c
Crystal System: 
Triclinic
Hardness: 
4.0
Type Locality: 
Itabira, Iron Quadrangle, Minas Gerais, Brazil

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