Telluropalladinite

telluropalladinite

keithconnite

kotulskite

merenskyite

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Formula: Pd9Te4
Telluride of palladium
Crystal System: Monoclinic
Specific gravity: 10.25 measured, 10.62 calculated
Hardness: 5
Colour: Light yellow
Common impurities: Sn,As,Bi,Sb
Environments

Igneous environments

Localities

There are two co-type localities, the Stillwater Mine and the Stillwater complex, both in Stillwater county, Montana, USA. At the Stillwater complex, a single intergrowth of telluropalladinite with keithconnite and magnetite was found, together with seven free grains of telluropalladinite in the concentrates. the grains range in cross-section from 27x27 to 55x100 microns (CM 17.589-594). Associated minerals include keithconnite, magnetite, kotulskite, merenskyite, moncheite, braggite and vysotskite (HOM).

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