Padmaite

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Low-radioactive dumps of Srednyaya Padma mine.

Srednyaya Padma mine, Zaonezhie peninsula, Medvezhyegorsky District, Republic of Karelia, Russia

Formula:

PdBiSe

Colour:

Light yellow

Lustre:

Metallic

Hardness:

3 - 4

Specific Gravity:

9.86 (Calculated)

Crystal System:

Isometric

Member of:

Cobaltite Group

Name:

Named by Y.S. Polekhovskij et al. in 1991 for the type locality of Srednyaya Padma mine, Russia.

Type Locality:

ⓘ Srednyaya Padma mine, Zaonezhie peninsula, Medvezhyegorsky District, Republic of Karelia, Russia

Compare UM1990-55-Se:BiCuPbPdS and 'Unnamed (Pd-Bi-Cu Selenide)'.

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Mindat ID:

3060

Long-form identifier:

mindat:1:1:3060:7

GUID
(UUID V4):

df956c0f-cadd-487d-95fd-35e8f990bdaf

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Type:

Isotropic

Reflectivity:

Wavelength	R
400nm	46.5%
420nm	45.4%
440nm	44.9%
460nm	46.6%
470nm	47.5%
480nm	48.0%
500nm	48.0%
520nm	49.0%
540nm	48.6%
546nm	48.3%
560nm	47.7%
580nm	46.8%
589nm	46.8%
600nm	46.0%
620nm	45.4%
640nm	45.3%
650nm	45.6%
660nm	45.6%
680nm	48.7%
700nm	51.4%

Graph shows reflectance levels at different wavelengths (in nm). Top of box is 100%. Peak reflectance is 51.4%.

Colour in reflected light:

Pinkish yellow

Internal Reflections:

None

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Reference List:

Polekhovskij, Y.S., Voloshin, A.V., Tarasova, I.P., Nikitin, S.A., Pakhomovskij, Y.A., Men´shikov, Y.P., Kretzer, Y.L., Kolytscheva, T.I. (1991) Padmaite PdBiSe—a new selenide of palladium and bismuth from metasomatites of the southern Karelia. Zapiski Vsesoyuznogo (Vserossiyskogo) Mineralogicheskogo Obshchestva: 120(3): 85-88.

Polekhovskij, Y.S., Voloshin, A.V., Tarasova, I.P., Nikitin, S.A., Pakhomovskij, Y.A., Men´shikov, Y.P., Kretzer, Y.L., Kolytscheva, T.I. (1991) Padmaite PdBiSe—a new selenide of palladium and bismuth from metasomatites of the southern Karelia. Zapiski Vsesoyuznogo (Vserossiyskogo) Mineralogicheskogo Obshchestva: 120(3): 85-88.

Jambor, L., Puziewicz, Jacek (1993) New Mineral Names. American Mineralogist, 78 (3-4) 450-455

Mandarino, Joseph A. (1997) New Minerals 1990-1994. The Mineralogical Record Inc., Tuscon, Arizona. 220pp.

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- This locality has map coordinates listed. - This locality has estimated coordinates. ⓘ - Click for references and further information on this occurrence. ? - Indicates mineral may be doubtful at this locality. - Good crystals or important locality for species. - World class for species or very significant. (TL) - Type Locality for a valid mineral species. (FRL) - First Recorded Locality for everything else (eg varieties). Struck out - Mineral was erroneously reported from this locality. Faded * - Never found at this locality but inferred to have existed at some point in the past (e.g. from pseudomorphs).

All localities listed without proper references should be considered as questionable.

Brazil
Goiás Cavalcante ⓘ Buraco do Ouro mine	Menez, J. Botelho, N.F., Moura, M.A., Peterson, R.C., Stanley, C.J., Silva, D.V.G. (2006): "Kalungaite, PdAsSe, a new platinum-group mineral from the Buraco do Ouro gold mine, Cavalcante, Goiás State, Brazil", Mineralogical Magazine 70, 123-130 Botelho, N. F. (2017): Ore characterization and textural relationships among gold, selenides, platinum-group minerals and uraninite at the granite-related Buraco do Ouro gold mine, Cavalcante, Central Brazil. Mineralogical Magazine 81, 463-476.
Pará Curionópolis ⓘ Serra Pelada claims	Moroni, M., Girardi, V. A., & Ferrario, A. (2001). The Serra Pelada Au-PGE deposit, Serra dos Carajás (Pará State, Brazil): geological and geochemical indications for a composite mineralizing process. Mineralium Deposita, 36, 768-785.
Canada
Ontario Greater Sudbury Levack Township ⓘ McCreedy East Mine	Dare, S. A., Barnes, S. J., Prichard, H. M., & Fisher, P. C. (2014). Mineralogy and Geochemistry of Cu-Rich Ores from the McCreedy East Ni-Cu-PGE Deposit (Sudbury, Canada): Implications for the Behavior of Platinum Group and Chalcophile Elements at the End of Crystallization of a Sulfide Liquid. Economic Geology, 109(2), 343-366.
Thunder Bay District ⓘ Coldwell complex	Liferovich & Mitchell pers. comm. L. Horváth 2005: L. Horváth 2009
China
Gansu Jinchang Jinchuan District ⓘ Jinchuan Ni-Cu-PGE deposit (Baijiajuzi Ni-Cu-PGE deposit)	Porter, T. M. (2016). Regional tectonics, geology, magma chamber processes and mineralisation of the Jinchuan nickel-copper-PGE deposit, Gansu Province, China: A review. Geoscience Frontiers, 7(3), 431-451.
Morocco
Drâa-Tafilalet Region Zagora Province Zagora Cercle Tinzouline Caïdat Bleida Mines ⓘ Bleida Far West Mine	Kalinin, Y. A., Borovikov, A. A., Maacha, L., Zouhair, M., Palyanova, G. A., & Zhitova, L. M. (2022). Au–Pd Mineralization and Ore-Forming Fluids of the Bleïda Far West Deposit (Anti-Atlas, Morocco). Geology of Ore Deposits, 64(Suppl 2), S237-S256.
Poland
Lubusz Voivodeship Nowa Sól County ⓘ Stypułów K-13 borehole	Oszczepalski, S., Chmielewski, A., & Speczik, S. (2017). Zmienność mineralizacji kruszcowej w rejonie północno-zachodniego przedłużenia złoża Lubin–Sieroszowice. Biuletyn Państwowego Instytutu Geologicznego.
Russia
Komi Republic Kozhim River Basin Maldynyrd range (Maldy-nyrd range) ⓘ Chudnoe Pd-Au deposit	Onishchenko, S.A., Kuznetsov, S.K., Tropnikov, E.M. (2022): Mineral Phases of the Pd–Bi–Se System in the Ores at the Chudnoe Au–Pd Deposit (Subpolar Urals, Russia). Doklady Earth Sciences: 504: 266–270.
Republic of Karelia Medvezhyegorsky District Zaonezhie peninsula ⓘ Srednyaya Padma mine (TL)	ZVMO 110, 487-492 American Mineralogist, Volume 83, pages 1118, 1998 Polekhovskij, Y.S., Voloshin, A.V., Tarasova, I.P., Nikitin, S.A., Pakhomovskij, Y.A., Men´shikov, Y.P., Kretzer, Y.L., Kolytscheva, T.I. (1991) Padmaite PdBiSe—a new selenide of palladium and bismuth from metasomatites of the southern Karelia. Zapiski Vsesoyuznogo (Vserossiyskogo) Mineralogicheskogo Obshchestva: 120(3): 85-88. Pekov, Igor V. (1998) Minerals first discovered on the territory of the former Soviet Union. Ocean Pictures, Moscow. 369pp. Kasatkin, A. V. (2019) New Findings of Rare Minerals from The Former Soviet Union Countries. Mineralogical Almanac 24:2 pp4-47