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Plumbopalladinite & Chromite

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Plumbopalladinite & Chromite

Rare Mineral

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Description
Locality: 
Rustenburg, Bojanala District, North West Province, South Africa
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Thumbnail (1-3cm)
Size: 
1.7 × 1.7 × 1.5 cm
Description

Metallic inclusions of the very rare Pd-Pb mineral plumbopalladinite associated to a sharp chromite crystal (photo 1) in a specimen that was probably analyzed by the former owner of the specimen (the Vandenbroucke Museum, but the analysis is no longer available).

Ex Vandenbroucke Museum collection from Waregem, Belgium.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

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...

Chromite

Formula: 
Fe2+Cr3+2O4
Strunz: 
4.BB.05
Hardness: 
5.5
Colour: 
Black
Streak: 
Brown
Type Locality: 
Bastide de la Carrade, Gassin, Var, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, France...

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