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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: 
Crystal Group/Cluster
Size Range: 
Micromount (under 1cm)
Size: 
0.1 × 0.1 × 0.1 cm
Description

Six tiny nuggets of palladium intergrown with potarite from the type locality for palladium.   These specimens consist of botryoidal crystals composed of both species layered much like the structure of an onion.   

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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