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Potarite

Ralph Merrill personal collection
Rare Mineral

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Description
Locality: 
Itabira, Minas Gerais, Brazil
Class: 
Massive/Crystalline
Size Range: 
Micromount (under 1cm)
Size: 
0.1 × 0.1 × 0.1 cm
Description

A small grain of potarite, a compound of palladium and mercury, with label from the personal collection of Ralph Merrill.    The actual locality may be the nearby Bom Sucesso Creek.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

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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