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Formula: PdBiTe
Telluride,
cobaltite group,
palladium- and bismuth- bearing mineral
Crystal System: Isometric
Specific gravity: 9.5 measured, 10.0 calculated
Hardness: 2½
Streak: Black
Colour: Silver-white
Common impurities: Pt,Ag,Ni,Sb
Environments
Plutonic igneous environments
Hydrothermal environments
Michenerite is a principal palladium mineral in copper-nickel sulphide deposits,
associated with
froodite,
merenskyite, moncheite,
kotulskite, melonite,
sobolevskite, hollingworthite,
sperrylite, hessite,
chalcopyrite, pentlandite,
cubanite and pyrrhotite
(HOM).
Localities
There are two co-type localities, the Vermilion mine, Denison Township, and the Frood mine, McKim Township, both in the Sudbury District,
Ontario, Canada.
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