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Palladinite

Formula:
PdO
System:Tetragonal


An ocherous coating found on palladian gold (porpezite) from Brazil.

Classification of Palladinite

IMA status:Questionable/Doubtful
Nickel-Strunz 10th (pending) edition ID:4.AB.30

4 : OXIDES (Hydroxides, V[5,6] vanadates, arsenites, antimonites, bismuthites, sulfites, selenites, tellurites, iodates)
A : Metal: Oxygen = 2:1 and 1:1
B : M:O = 1:1 (and up to 1:1.25); with small to medium-sized cations only
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Crystallography of Palladinite

Crystal System:Tetragonal

Chemical Properties of Palladinite

Formula:
PdO
Essential elements:O, Pd
All elements listed in formula:O, Pd
Empirical Formula:
(Pd,Cu)O
Common Impurities:Cu

Relationship of Palladinite to other Species

Related Minerals - Nickel-Strunz Grouping):
4.AB.05Crednerite
CuMnO
 
2
4.AB.10Tenorite
CuO
4.AB.15Delafossite
CuFeO
 
2
4.AB.15Mcconnellite
CuCrO
 
2
4.AB.20Bromellite
BeO
4.AB.20Zincite
(Zn,Mn
2+
 
,Fe
2+
 
)O
4.AB.25Bunsenite
NiO
4.AB.25Lime
CaO
4.AB.25Manganosite
MnO
4.AB.25Monteponite
CdO
4.AB.25Periclase
MgO
4.AB.25Wüstite
FeO

Other Names for Palladinite

Synonyms:
Palladium-OchrePalladiumockerPalladiumoxydul
German names:
Palladinit
Spanish names:
Palladinita

Other Information

Health Warning:No information on health risks for this material has been entered into the database. You should always treat mineral specimens with care.

References for Palladinite

Reference List:Johnson and Lampadius (1837), J. pr. Chem.: 11: 311.

Sheppard C.U. (1857) Treatise of Mineralogy, 3rd ed., 1, 144.

Rammelsberg (1860): 1004.

Palache, Charles, Harry Berman & Clifford Frondel (1944), The System of Mineralogy of James Dwight Dana and Edward Salisbury Dana Yale University 1837-1892, Volume I: Elements, Sulfides, Sulfosalts, Oxides. John Wiley and Sons, Inc., New York. 7th edition, revised and enlarged: 515-516.

Jedwab J., Cassedanne J., Criddle A.J., du Ry P., Ghysens G., Meisser N., Piret P., Stanley C.J. (1993) Terra Nova-Abstract Suppl., 2, 22.

Jedwab, J., A.J. Criddle, P du Ry, P. Piret & C.J. Stanley (1994): Rediscovery of palladinite (PdO tetrag.) from Itabira (Minas Gerais, Brazil) and from Ruwe (Shaba, Zaire). IAGOD meeting, Orleans, France, September 1994.

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    Localities for Palladinite

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    Brazil
     
    • Southeast Region
      • Minas Gerais
        • Itabira-Nova Era district
    Democratic Republic of Congo (Zaïre)
     
    • Katanga (Shaba)
      • Katanga Copper Crescent
        • Central area
          • Shinkolobwe
    www.ulb.ac.be/sciences/katangapgm/CAP.pdf.
        • Western area
          • Kolwezi
    Can.Min. 46,19-31(2008)
            • Mutoshi (Ruwe)
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