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Naldrettite

Rare Mineral

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Description
Locality: 
Itabira, Minas Gerais, Brazil
Class: 
Single Crystal
Size Range: 
Micromount (under 1cm)
Size: 
0.1 × 0.1 × 0.1 cm
Description

Small but outstanding specimen composed by a single brass colored sharp crystal of the extremely rare Pd antimonide naldrettite associated to a sharp gold crystal at the end, both analyzed by SEM/EDS (see copies enclosed).

After the analysis, it can be seen that naldrettite has a few imputities of As and S, substituting Sb.

Don't miss the oportunity to get this extreme palladium rarity , that is also very nice under the microscope ! Naldrettite in something different from polished sections is very rare in the systematic mineral market !

New locality for the mineral , still not auploaded to Mindat.

Ex Vandenbroucke Museum collection from Waregem, Belgium.

No duplicates available.

 

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Naldrettite

Formula: 
Pd2Sb
Strunz: 
2.AC.25d
Hardness: 
4.0 - 5.0
Type Locality: 
Mesamax Northwest deposit, Ungava, Nunavik, Nord-du-Québec, Québec, Canada

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