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Stibiopalladinite

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Stibiopalladinite

Natural History Museum Humbolt University Berlin, G. Grundmann
Type Locality

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Description
Locality: 
Tweefontein Farm, Mokopane, Mogalakwena, Waterberg District, Limpopo Province, South Africa
Class: 
Massive/Crystalline
Size Range: 
Thumbnail (1-3cm)
Size: 
2.5 × 2.1 × 2.7 cm
Description

An excellent specimen of stibiopalladinite in matrix, from the type locality.   This specimen shows a metallic outcropping visible from several sides of the specimen.    An old specimen, collected in 1927, formerly in the natural history museum of Humboldt University Berlin.   

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Stibiopalladinite

Formula: 
Pd5Sb2
Strunz: 
2.AC.20a
Hardness: 
4.0 - 5.0
Streak: 
Black
Type Locality: 
Tweefontein Farm, Mokopane (Potgietersrus), Waterberg District, Bushveld Complex, Limpopo Province, South Africa

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