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Stibiopalladinite

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Stibiopalladinite

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Description
Locality: 
Bushveld Complex, Rustenburg, North West Province, South Africa
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Thumbnail (1-3cm)
Size: 
1.3 × 1 × 0.9 cm
Description

Metallic black crystal aggregates of the very rare palladium mineral stibiopalladinite from the type locality. Stibiopalladinite is a natural alloy of palladium and antimony.

Palladium minerals are very minerals in Nature and are rarely seen in the mineral market.

Ex-Ramdohr specimen.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Stibiopalladinite

Formula: 
Pd5Sb2
Strunz: 
2.AC.20a
Hardness: 
4.0 - 5.0
Streak: 
Black
Type Locality: 
Tweefontein Farm, Mokopane (Potgietersrus), Waterberg District, Bushveld Complex, Limpopo Province, South Africa

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