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Atheneite

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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

Metallic single crystal group of the extremely rare Pd-Hg-As mineral atheneite from the type locality in Itabira , Brazil, in a completely analyzed specimen by SEM/EDS (see copy enclosed). Some impurities of Sb are substituting As.

After Mindat :  “The mineral was found as a few grains in residual concentrates from gold washings as Itabira, Brazil".

Don't miss the opportunity to get this extreme rarity almost never seen in the systematic mineral market.

Ex Vandenbroucke Museum collection from Waregem, Belgium.

No duplicates available

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Atheneite

Formula: 
Pd2As0.75Hg0.25
Strunz: 
2.AC.05a
Crystal System: 
Hexagonal
Hardness: 
5.0
Colour: 
Grey
Type Locality: 
Itabira, Iron Quadrangle, Minas Gerais, Brazil

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