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Palladium & Potarite

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

Seven tiny grains of botryoidal palladium and potarite, from the type locality for native palladium.   These specimens are layered much like an onion, with alternating bands of palladium and potarite forming the botryoids. 

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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