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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

Five small grains of native palladium and potarite forming small botryoidal aggregates in which the palladium and potarite are layered much like 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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