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Palladoarsenide

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Miass River, Chelyabinsk Oblast', Southern Urals, Urals Region, Russia
© 2008, J. Weissman

Formula:
Pd
 
2
As
System:MonoclinicHardness:5
This page provides mineralogical data about Palladoarsenide.

Classification of Palladoarsenide

IMA status:Approved
Strunz 8th edition ID:2/A.05-90
Nickel-Strunz 10th (pending) edition ID:2.AC.25

2 : SULFIDES and SULFOSALTS (sulfides, selenides, tellurides; arsenides, antimonides, bismuthides; sulfarsenites, sulfantimonites, sulfbismuthites, etc.)
A : Alloys
C : Alloys of metalloids with PGE
Dana 8th edition ID:2.4.14.1

2 : SULFIDES
4 : AmBnXp, with (m+n):p = 2:1
Hey's CIM Ref.:3.12.24

3 : Sulphides, Selenides, Tellurides, Arsenides and Bismuthides (except the arsenides, antimonides and bismuthides of Cu, Ag and Au, which are included in Section 1)
12 : Sulphides etc. of the platinum metals
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Type Occurrence of Palladoarsenide

Type Locality:Komsomol'skii Mine, Talnakh Cu-Ni Deposit, Noril'sk, Putoran Plateau, Taimyr Peninsula, Taimyr Autonomous Region (Taymyrskiy Okrug), Krasnoyarsk Territory (Krasnoyarsk Kray; Krasnoyarskii Krai), Eastern-Siberian Region, Russia
Year of Discovery:1974

Physical Properties of Palladoarsenide

Hardness (Mohs):5

Crystallography of Palladoarsenide

Crystal System:Monoclinic
Cell Parameters:a = 9.25Å, b = 8.47Å, c = 10.44Å
β = 94°
Ratio:a:b:c = 1.092 : 1 : 1.233
Unit Cell Volume:V 815.96 ų (Calculated from Unit Cell)

Chemical Properties of Palladoarsenide

Formula:
Pd
 
2
As
Essential elements:As, Pd
All elements listed in formula:As, Pd
Common Impurities:Pt,Au,Ag,Ni,Cu,Sb,Te

Relationship of Palladoarsenide to other Species

Related Minerals - Nickel-Strunz Grouping):
2.AC.05Atheneite
(Pd,Hg)
 
3
As
2.AC.05Guanglinite
Pd
 
3
As
2.AC.05Vincentite
Pd
 
3
As
2.AC.10Arsenopalladinite
Pd
 
8
(As,Sb)
 
3
2.AC.10Mertieite-II
Pd
 
8
(Sb,As)
 
3
2.AC.10Palarstanide
Pd
 
8
(As,Sn)
 
3
2.AC.10Stillwaterite
Pd
 
8
As
 
3
2.AC.15Isomertieite
Pd
 
11
Sb
 
2
As
 
2
2.AC.15Mertieite-I
Pd
 
11
(Sb,As)
 
4
2.AC.15Miessiite
Pd
 
11
Te
 
2
Se
 
2
2.AC.20Stibiopalladinite
Pd
 
5
Sb
 
2
2.AC.20Menshikovite
Pd
 
3
Ni
 
2
As
 
3
2.AC.25Majakite
PdNiAs
2.AC.25Palladobismutharsenide
Pd
 
2
(As,Bi)
2.AC.25Palladodymite
(Pd,Rh)
 
2
As
2.AC.25Rhodarsenide
(Rh,Pd)
 
2
As
2.AC.25Naldrettite
Pd
 
2
Sb
2.AC.30Polkanovite
Rh
 
12
As
 
7
2.AC.35Genkinite
(Pt,Pd,Rh)
 
4
Sb
 
3
2.AC.35Ungavaite
Pd
 
4
Sb
 
3
2.AC.40Polarite
Pd(Bi,Pb)
2.AC.45Froodite
α-PdBi
 
2
2.AC.50Borishanskiite
Pd
 
1-x
(As,Pb)
 
2
 x = 0-0.2
2.AC.50Iridarsenite
(Ir,Ru)As
 
2
Related Minerals - Hey's Index Grouping:
3.12.1Seinäjokite
(Fe,Ni)(Sb,As)
 
2
3.12.2Laurite
RuS
 
2
3.12.3Ruthenarsenite
(Ru,Ni)As
3.12.4Anduoite
(Ru,Os)As
 
2
3.12.5Ruarsite
(Ru,Os)AsS
3.12.6Xingzhongite
(Pb,Cu,Fe)(Ir,Pt,Rh)
 
2
S
 
4
3.12.7Rhodplumsite
Rh
 
3
Pb
 
2
S
 
2
3.12.8Cuprorhodsite
(Cu,Fe)Rh
 
2
S
 
4
3.12.9Konderite
Cu
 
3
Pb(Rh,Pt,Ir)
 
8
S
 
16
3.12.10Bowieite
(Rh,Ir,Pt)
 
2
S
 
3
3.12.11Cherepanovite
RhAs
3.12.12Hollingworthite
(Rh,Pt,Pd)AsS
3.12.13Vysotskite
(Pd,Ni)S
3.12.14Vasilite
(Pd,Cu)
 
16
(S,Te)
 
7
3.12.15Palladseite
Pd
 
17
Se
 
15
3.12.16Oosterboschite
(Pd,Cu)
 
7
Se
 
5
3.12.17Telluropalladinite
Pd
 
9
Te
 
4
3.12.18Temagamite
Pd
 
3
HgTe
 
3
3.12.19Sopcheite
Ag
 
4
Pd
 
3
Te
 
4
3.12.20Michenerite
PdBiTe
3.12.21Kotulskite
Pd(Te,Bi)
 
1-2
3.12.22Telargpalite
(Pd,Ag)
 
3
(Te,Bi)
3.12.23Merenskyite
(Pd,Pt)(Te,Bi)
 
2
3.12.25Stillwaterite
Pd
 
8
As
 
3
3.12.26Atheneite
(Pd,Hg)
 
3
As
3.12.27Majakite
PdNiAs
3.12.28Palarstanide
Pd
 
8
(As,Sn)
 
3
3.12.29Arsenopalladinite
Pd
 
8
(As,Sb)
 
3
3.12.30Vincentite
Pd
 
3
As
3.12.31Palladobismutharsenide
Pd
 
2
(As,Bi)
3.12.32Stibiopalladinite
Pd
 
5
Sb
 
2
3.12.33Hexatestibiopanickelite
Ni(Te,Sb)
3.12.34Sudburyite
(Pd,Ni)Sb
3.12.35Testibiopalladite
PdTe(Sb,Te)
3.12.36Borovskite
Pd
 
3
SbTe
 
4
3.12.37Isomertieite
Pd
 
11
Sb
 
2
As
 
2
3.12.38Mertieite-I
Pd
 
11
(Sb,As)
 
4
3.12.39Mertieite-II
Pd
 
8
(Sb,As)
 
3
3.12.40Sobolevskite
PdBi
3.12.41Froodite
α-PdBi
 
2
3.12.42Polarite
Pd(Bi,Pb)
3.12.43Urvantsevite
Pd(Bi,Pb)
 
2
3.12.44Cooperite
(Pt,Pd,Ni)S
3.12.45Braggite
(Pt,Pd,Ni)S
3.12.46Kharaelakhite
(Pt,Cu,Pb,Fe,Ni)
 
9
S
 
8
3.12.47Malanite
Cu(Pt
3+
 
,Ir
3+
 
)
 
2
S
 
4
3.12.48Moncheite
(Pt,Pd)(Te,Bi)
 
2
3.12.49Maslovite
PtBiTe
3.12.50Sperrylite
PtAs
 
2
3.12.51Platarsite
(Pt,Rh,Ru)AsS
3.12.52Geversite
PtSb
 
2
3.12.53Daomanite
CuPtAsS
 
2
3.12.54Genkinite
(Pt,Pd,Rh)
 
4
Sb
 
3
3.12.55Stumpflite
Pt(Sb,Bi)
3.12.56Insizwaite
Pt(Bi,Sb)
 
2
3.12.57Erlichmanite
OsS
 
2
3.12.58Omeiite
(Os,Ru)As
 
2
3.12.59Osarsite
(Os,Ru)AsS
3.12.60Kashinite
(Ir,Rh)
 
2
S
 
3
3.12.61Inaglyite
Cu
 
3
Pb(Ir,Pt)
 
8
S
 
16
3.12.62Cuproiridsite
(Cu,Fe)Ir
 
2
S
 
4
3.12.63Iridarsenite
(Ir,Ru)As
 
2
3.12.64Irarsite
(Ir,Ru,Rh,Pt)AsS
3.12.65Tolovkite
IrSbS

Other Names for Palladoarsenide

Synonyms:
IMA1973-005
German names:
Palladoarsenid

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 Palladoarsenide

Reference List:Bälz, U. and Schubert, K. (1969) Kristallstruktur von Pd2As(r) und Pd2Sb. Journal of Less-Common Metals: 19: 300-304.

American Mineralogist (1975): 60: 162.

Canadian Mineralogist (1975): 13: 321-335.

Zapiski Vserossiyskogo Mineralogicheskogo Obshchestva: 103: 104-107.

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    Localities for Palladoarsenide

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    Bulgaria
     
    • Sofiya (Sofia) Oblast
      • Balkan Mts (Stara-Planina Mts)
        • Etropole Obshchina
    Norway
     
    • Finnmark
      • Porsanger
    		No reference listed
    Oman
     
    • Northern Oman Ophiolite
    Russia
     
    • Eastern-Siberian Region
      • Krasnoyarsk Territory (Krasnoyarsk Kray; Krasnoyarskii Krai)
        • Taimyr Autonomous Region (Taymyrskiy Okrug)
          • Taimyr Peninsula
            • Putoran Plateau
              • Noril'sk
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                • Talnakh Cu-Ni Deposit
    USA
     
    • Montana
      • Stillwater Co.
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