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Palladium & Platinum

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

specimen: tiny nugget of gray metallic palladium & platinum from the type locality.

these nuggets are verified: in the last photo you can see the layers of accretion: the white layers have the proportion palladium/platinum near to 50%/50%, the layers light gray to dark gray until 60% palladium/40% platinum.

sometime there is a little quantity of Hg because there are minor quantities of potarite

c. 8650  

Mineral Data
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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

Platinum

Formula: 
Pt
Strunz: 
1.AF.10
Crystal System: 
Isometric
Hardness: 
4.0 - 4.5
Type Locality: 
Pinto River, San Juan Basin, Mun. de Novita, Chocó Department, Colombia

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