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Plumbopalladinite

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Plumbopalladinite

Ralph Merrill
Rare Mineral

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Description
Locality: 
Bushveld Complex, Rustenburg, North West Province, South Africa
Class: 
Massive/Crystalline
Size Range: 
Micromount (under 1cm)
Size: 
0.7 × 0.6 × 0.4 cm
Description

A fine micro specimen of plumbopalladinite from the Bushveld Complex.   This specimen features tiny silvery masses in matrix. Plumbopalladinite is a metal alloy of lead and palladium. From the collection of Ralph Merrill, proprietor of Minerals Unlimited for over six decades. While Ralph's blue index card could not be located for this specimen, the other specimens from the Bushveld Complex in Ralph's collection were purchased from the Cureton Mineral Company in the 1980's.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Plumbopalladinite

Formula: 
Pd3Pb2
Strunz: 
1.AG.25
Hardness: 
5.0
Type Locality: 
Mayak Mine (Majak Mine), Talnakh Cu-Ni Deposit, Noril'sk, Putoran Plateau, Taimyr Peninsula, Taymyrskiy Autonomous Okrug, Eastern-Siberian Region, Russia...
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