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Native Palladium & Potarite

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Native Palladium & Potarite

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Description
Locality: 
Bom Sucesso Creek, Serro, Minas Gerais, Brazil
Class: 
Massive/Crystalline
Size Range: 
Micromount (under 1cm)
Size: 
0.3 × 0.25 × 0.1 cm
Description

A rare nugget of native palladium and potarite (a palladium amalgam) from the type locality for native palladium.   These specimens are composed of thin laminae of palladium and palladium rich platinum with a core of potarite.   

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Palladium

Formula: 
(Pd,Pt)
Strunz: 
1.AF.10
Hardness: 
4.5 - 5.0
Colour: 
White
Type Locality: 
Bom Sucesso Creek, Serro (Serro Frio; Cerrado Frio), Minas Gerais, Brazil

Potarite

Formula: 
PdHg
Strunz: 
1.AD.25
Crystal System: 
Tetragonal
Hardness: 
3.5
Type Locality: 
Kaietur Falls, Potaro River, Kangaruma District, Potaro-Siparuni Region, Guyana

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