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Palarstanide Plumbopalladinite Polarite & Atokite

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Palarstanide Plumbopalladinite Polarite & Atokite

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Description
Locality: 
Noril'sk, Putoran Plateau, Taimyr Peninsula, Krasnoyarsk Krai, Russian Federation
Class: 
Massive/Crystalline
Size Range: 
Thumbnail (1-3cm)
Size: 
2 × 2 × 0.7 cm
Description

A polished section containing the following 4 extremely rare palladium minerals: palarstanide, plumbopalladinite, polarite and atokite in a completely analyzed specimen by SEM/EDS (see copies enclosed).

Palarstanide is Pt, Pb, Sb rich, so the actual formula for this specimen should be (Pd, Pt)5(Sn, As, Pb, Sb)2.

Oxygen in some of the spectra is due to residual atmospheric air.

Atokite is probably present in the sample due to the original label )see photo 10) but couln't be found in the current analysis done recently

Ex Vandenbroucke Museum collection from Waregem, Belgium.

No duplicates available

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Palarstanide

Formula: 
Pd8(As,Sn)3
Strunz: 
2.AC.20b
Hardness: 
5.0
Type Locality: 
Mayak Mine (Majak Mine), Talnakh Cu-Ni Deposit, Noril'sk, Putoran Plateau, Taimyr Peninsula, Taymyrskiy Autonomous Okrug, Eastern-Siberian Region, Russia...

Plumbopalladinite

Formula: 
Pd3Pb2
Strunz: 
1.AG.25
Hardness: 
5.0
Type Locality: 
Mayak Mine (Majak Mine), Talnakh Cu-Ni Deposit, Noril'sk, Putoran Plateau, Taimyr Peninsula, Taymyrskiy Autonomous Okrug, Eastern-Siberian Region, Russia...

Polarite

Formula: 
Pd(Bi,Pb)
Strunz: 
2.AC.40
Hardness: 
3.5 - 4.0
Type Locality: 
Mayak Mine (Majak Mine), Talnakh Cu-Ni Deposit, Noril'sk, Putoran Plateau, Taimyr Peninsula, Taymyrskiy Autonomous Okrug, Eastern-Siberian Region, Russia...

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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