Palladoarsenide

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Maandagshoek farm, Burgersfort, Fetakgomo Tubatse Local Municipality, Sekhukhune District Municipality, Limpopo, South Africa

Palladoarsenide, etc.

Miass River, Chelyabinsk Oblast, Russia

Platinum-Group Elements, etc.

Maandagshoek farm, Burgersfort, Fetakgomo Tubatse Local Municipality, Sekhukhune District Municipality, Limpopo, South Africa

Palladoarsenide, etc.

Miass River, Chelyabinsk Oblast, Russia

Platinum-Group Elements, etc.

Maandagshoek farm, Burgersfort, Fetakgomo Tubatse Local Municipality, Sekhukhune District Municipality, Limpopo, South Africa

Palladoarsenide, etc.

Miass River, Chelyabinsk Oblast, Russia

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Formula:

Pd₂As

Colour:

steel-gray

Lustre:

Metallic

Hardness:

5

Specific Gravity:

10.42 (Calculated)

Crystal System:

Monoclinic

Name:

Named for the composition.

Type Locality:

ⓘ Komsomol'skii Mine, Talnakh Cu-Ni Deposit, Noril'sk, Putoran Plateau, Taimyr Peninsula, Taymyrskiy Autonomous Okrug, Krasnoyarsk Krai, Russia

Compare 'UM1974-01-As:PdSb', most likely an antimonian variety.

Also compare UM1975-07-As:PdSn, UM1976-01-As:BiPd, UM1976-03-As:NiPd, UM1974-01-As:PdSb, and very similar palladobismutharsenide.

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Mindat ID:

3068

Long-form identifier:

mindat:1:1:3068:3

GUID
(UUID V4):

b231adca-d647-439e-8792-741a827543d5

Classification of PalladoarsenideHide

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Physical Properties of PalladoarsenideHide

Optical Data of PalladoarsenideHide

Anisotropism:

moderate: dark gray with bluish tint to red-brown (air), dark gray to brownish gray with red tint (oil)

Reflectivity:

Wavelength	R1	R2
400nm	44.2%	45.1%
420nm	46.8%	46.8%
440nm	48.4%	48.8%
460nm	49.4%	50.3%
480nm	50.2%	51.6%
500nm	51.2%	53.1%
520nm	51.9%	54.1%
540nm	52.5%	54.8%
560nm	53.3%	55.4%
580nm	53.9%	55.8%
600nm	54.6%	56.3%
620nm	55.4%	57.1%
640nm	56.0%	57.6%
660nm	56.6%	58.1%
680nm	57.1%	58.6%
700nm	57.8%	59.2%

Graph shows reflectance levels at different wavelengths (in nm). Top of box is 100%. Peak reflectance is 59.2%.
R₁ shown in black, R₂ shown in red

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References for PalladoarsenideHide

Reference List:

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

Begizov, V.D., Meshichankina, V.I., Dubakina, L.S. (1974) Palladoarsenide, Pd2As, a new natural palladium arsenide from the copper-nickel deposits of the Oktyabr deposits. Zapiski Vsesoyuznogo Mineralogicheskogo Obshchestva: 103(1): 104-107.

Begizov, V.D., Meshichankina, V.I., Dubakina, L.S. (1974) Palladoarsenide, Pd2As, a new natural palladium arsenide from the copper-nickel deposits of the Oktyabr deposits. Zapiski Vsesoyuznogo Mineralogicheskogo Obshchestva: 103(1): 104-107.

Fleischer, M., Potter, R.W. (1975) New mineral names. American Mineralogist: 60: 161-163.

Cabri, L.J., Laflamme, J.H.G., Stewart, J.M., Rowland, J.F., Chen, T.T. (1975) New data on some palladium arsenides and antimonides. The Canadian Mineralogist: 13: 321-335.

Smith, D.G.W., Nickel, E.H. (2007) A System of Codification for Unnamed Minerals: Report of the SubCommittee for Unnamed Minerals of the IMA Commission on New Minerals, Nomenclature and Classification. Canadian Mineralogist: 45: 983-1055; http://nrmima.nrm.se/Valid2009_03.pdf (2016) (concerns UM1974-01-As:PdSb)

Anthony, J.W., Bideaux, R.A., Bladh, K.W. and Nichols, M.C., Eds. Handbook of Mineralogy, Mineralogical Society of America, Chantilly, VA 20151-1110, USA. http://www.handbookofmineralogy.org/ (2016)

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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.

Australia
Western Australia Coolgardie Shire ⓘ Kambalda	Econ Geol (1986) 81:1218-1225
Austria
Styria Leoben District ⓘ Kraubath an der Mur	K. N. Malitch. (2001) Unusual PGE-, REE-, Au- and U-rich Mineral Assemblage in Mantle-derived Chromitites from the Eastern Alps, Austria: a Combined Multl-disciplinary Study . Mitt.österr.miner.ges. 146:183-185
Bulgaria
Sofia Province Etropole Municipality ⓘ Elatsite Mine	Strashimirov, S., Petrunov, R., and Kanazirski, M. (2002): Mineralium Deposita 37, 587-598. Singer, D.A., Berger, V.I., and Moring, B.C. (2008): US Geological Survey Open-File Report 2008-1155. Georgiev, Georgi (2008) A genetic model of the Elatsite porphyry copper deposit, Bulgaria. GEOCHEMISTRY, MINERALOGY AND PETROLOGY • SOFIA 46, 143-160.
Canada
Ontario Kenora District Ring of Fire BMA527861 Area ⓘ Black Thor chromite deposit	N Farhangi,CM Lesher,and MG Houlé
Thunder Bay District Coldwell complex ⓘ Marathon deposit	Mcdonald, A.M., Cabri, L.J., Stanley, C.J., Good, D.J., Redpath, J., Lane, G., Spratt, J. & Ames, D.E. (2015) Coldwellite, Pd3Ag2S, a new mineral species from the Marathon deposit, Coldwell complex, Ontario, Canada. Canadian Mineralogist 53, 1-13. Good, D. J., Cabri, L. J., & Ames, D. E. (2017). PGM facies variations for Cu-PGE deposits in the Coldwell Alkaline Complex, Ontario, Canada. Ore Geology Reviews, 90, 748-771.
ⓘ W horizon	Good, D. J., Cabri, L. J., & Ames, D. E. (2017). PGM facies variations for Cu-PGE deposits in the Coldwell Alkaline Complex, Ontario, Canada. Ore Geology Reviews, 90, 748-771.
Lac des Iles Area ⓘ Lac des Iles Complex	Cabri, Louis J., Laflamme, J.H. Gilles (1979) Mineralogy of Samples from the Lac Des Iles Area, Ontario. Canmet Report 79-27.
ⓘ Lac des Iles Mine	Canadian Mineralogist, Vol.22, pp. 125-136 (1984)
O'Neill Township ⓘ Fleck occurrence (American Brass; Two Duck Lake)	Ohnenstetter, D., Watkinson, D.H., Dahl, R. (1991) Zoned hollingworthite from the Two Duck Lake intrusion, Coldwell complex, Ontario. American Mineralogist: 76(9-10): 1694-1700.
Seagull Lake Area Seagull Lake complex ⓘ Nipigon Reefs Project	Wilson, G., & Harper, G. (2013). Nipigon Reefs Project: A New Look at the PGE-bearing Seagull Mafic-Ultramafic Complex. Field Guide to the Copper-Nickel-Platinum Group Element Deposits of the Lake Superior Region, Precambrian Research Center Guidebook, 13-01.
Seeley Lake Area ⓘ Area 41 deposit	Good, D. J., Cabri, L. J., & Ames, D. E. (2017). PGM facies variations for Cu-PGE deposits in the Coldwell Alkaline Complex, Ontario, Canada. Ore Geology Reviews, 90, 748-771.
Finland
Lapland Penikat complex ⓘ Ala-Penikka Reef	Alapieti, T.T., Lahtinen, J.J. (1986) Stratigraphy, petrology, and platinum-group element mineralization of the early Proterozoic Penikat layered intrusion, northern Finland. Economic Geology: 81(5): 1126-1136.
Portimo complex ⓘ Kilvenjärvi Offset Sulfide-PGE Deposit	Iljina, M. 1994. The Portimo Layered Igneous Complex - with emphasis on diverse sulphide and platinum-group element deposits. Acta Univ. Oul. A258, 1994
ⓘ Konttijärvi deposit	Papunen, H. (1986) Platinum-group elements in Svecokarelian nickel-copper deposits, Finland. Economic Geology: 81(5): 1236–1241.
Rovaniemi ⓘ Sotkavaara	Törmänen, Tuomo et al. 2014. New PGE-REEF mineralization of the Sotkavaara pyroxenite intrusion, Rovaniemi, northern Finland.GTK,Tieteelliset posterit, vol.338 Guice, G. L., Törmänen, T., Johanson, B., & Lahaye, Y. (2017). Offset-type PGE mineralisation in the Sotkavaara Intrusion, northern Finland: an association with zones of low-cr clinopyroxenite. Applied Earth Science, 126(2), 61-62. Guice, G. L., Törmänen, T., Karykowski, B. T., Johanson, B., & Lahaye, Y. (2017). Precious metal mineralisation in the Sotkavaara Intrusion, northern Finland: Peak Pt, Pd, Au and Cu offsets in a small intrusion with poorly-developed magmatic layering. Ore Geology Reviews, 89, 701-718.
France
Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes Ain Belley Murs-et-Gélignieux ⓘ Courdan gravel pit	Ducluzaux B. (2022). Recherche de platinoïdes alluvionnaires en France. AFM - Le Cahier des Micromonteurs. n°155 1-2022.
Bourg-en-Bresse Jayat ⓘ Jayat quarry	Ducluzaux, B. (2022) Recherche de platinoïdes alluvionnaires en France. AFM - Le Cahier des Micromonteurs: 155 1-2022: 9-19.
Savoie Chambéry Marcieux ⓘ Marcieux quarry	Ducluzaux, B. (2021). Découverte de platinoïdes et d'or dans les dépôts glacio-lacustres würmiens de l'Avant-Pays savoyard. Le Règne Minéral. 160, 49-52.
Greece
Thessaly Trikala Meteora ⓘ Korydallos area	Kapsiotis, A. N. (2013). Genesis of chromitites from Korydallos, Pindos Ophiolite Complex, Greece, based on spinel chemistry and PGE-mineralogy. Journal of Geosciences, 58(1), 49-69.
India
Karnataka Davanagere District Shimoga schist belt ⓘ Hanumalapur Complex	Alapieti, T.T., Devaraju, T.C., Kaukonen, R.J. (2005) SEM-EDS Study of the Platinum-group Minerals in the PGE mineralized Hanumalapura Segment of the Layeredmafic-ultramafic Complex of Channagiri, Davangere District, Karnataka. Journal of the Geological Society of India: 65: 745-752.
Japan
Hokkaidō Prefecture Rumoi Subprefecture ⓘ Obira coast	NISHIO–HAMANE, D., & Saito, K. (2022). Platinum–group minerals in the placer deposit in northwestern Hokkaido, Japan: description of a new mineral, tomamaeite. Journal of Mineralogical and Petrological Sciences, 117(1), 220309.
Tomamae District Tomamae ⓘ Tomamae coast	NISHIO–HAMANE, D., & Saito, K. (2022). Platinum–group minerals in the placer deposit in northwestern Hokkaido, Japan: description of a new mineral, tomamaeite. Journal of Mineralogical and Petrological Sciences, 117(1), 220309.
Madagascar
Betsiboka Maevatanana District Morafeno Commune ⓘ Lavatrafo	McDonald, I., Ohnenstetter, D., Ohnenstetter, M., Vaughan, D. J. (1999) Palladium oxides in ultramafic complexes near Lavatrafo, Western Andriamena, Madagascar. Mineralogical Magazine, 63 (3) 345-352 doi:10.1180/002646199548565
Norway
Troms og Finnmark Porsanger ⓘ Karenhaugen PGE Deposit	Nilsson, L. P. & Larsen, R. B. (1998): Edle mineraler i mafiske og ultramafiske bergarter- en oppsummering av platina-gruppe mineraler (PGM) funnet i Norge i de senere år. Norsk Bergverksmuseum Skrift 14: 40-49
Oman
Al Buraimi Governorate Northern Oman Ophiolite ⓘ Wadi Hilti	Ahmed, A. H., & Arai, S. (2003). Platinum-group minerals in podiform chromitites of the Oman ophiolite. The Canadian Mineralogist, 41(3), 597-616.
Russia
Krasnoyarsk Krai Taymyrskiy Autonomous Okrug Taimyr Peninsula Putoran Plateau ⓘ Noril'sk	(2014) 12th International Platinum Symposium p320 Spiridonov, E. M., E. A. Kulagov, A. A. Serova, I. M. Kulikova, N. N. Korotaeva, E. V. Sereda, I. N. Tushentsova, S. N. Belyakov, and N. N. Zhukov. "Genetic Pd, Pt, Au, Ag, and Rh mineralogy in Noril’sk sulfide ores." Geology of Ore Deposits 57, no. 5 (2015): 402-432. Gritsenko, Y. D., Kondrikova, A. P., Gilbricht, S., Schoneveld, L., Barnes, S. J., Godel, B. M., ... & Yudovskaya, M. A. (2022). Quantitative assessment of the relative roles of sulfide liquid collection, magmatic degassing and fluid-mediated concentration of PGE in low-sulfide ores of the Norilsk intrusions. Ore Geology Reviews, 105042.
ⓘ Talnakh Cu-Ni Deposit	Gritsenko, Y. D., Kondrikova, A. P., Gilbricht, S., Schoneveld, L., Barnes, S. J., Godel, B. M., ... & Yudovskaya, M. A. (2022). Quantitative assessment of the relative roles of sulfide liquid collection, magmatic degassing and fluid-mediated concentration of PGE in low-sulfide ores of the Norilsk intrusions. Ore Geology Reviews, 105042.
ⓘ Komsomol'skii Mine (TL)	Begizov, V.D., Meshichankina, V.I., Dubakina, L.S. (1974) Palladoarsenide, Pd2As, a new natural palladium arsenide from the copper-nickel deposits of the Oktyabr deposits. Zapiski Vsesoyuznogo Mineralogicheskogo Obshchestva: 103(1): 104-107. Pekov, I. (1998) Minerals First discovered on the territory of the former Soviet Union 369p. Ocean Pictures, Moscow.
ⓘ Oktyabrsky Mine	Sluzhenikin, S. F., Krivolutskaya, N. A., Rad'ko, V. A., Malitch, K. N., Distler, V. V., & Fedorenko, V. A. (2014). Ultramafic-mafic intrusions, volcanic rocks and PGE-Cu-Ni sulfide deposits of the Noril'sk Province, Polar Siberia. Field trip guidebook.
ⓘ Kharaelakh lode	2014 Ultramafic-mafic intrusions, volcanic rocks and PGE-Cu-Ni sulfide deposits of the Noril’sk Province, Polar Siberia . 12th International Platinum Symposium
ⓘ Southern-2 orebody	Kalugin, Valery, Viktor Gusev, Nadezhda Tolstykh, Andrey Lavrenchuk, and Elena Nigmatulina. (2021) "Origin of the Pd-Rich Pentlandite in the Massive Sulfide Ores of the Talnakh Deposit, Norilsk Region, Russia" Minerals 11, no. 11: 1258. https://doi.org/10.3390/min11111258
Murmansk Oblast Fedorovo-Pansky massif (Pana layered complex) ⓘ Eastern Pana block	33rd International Geological Congress (2008) session MPM-04 Platinum-group mineralogy: Platinum-group minerals in the PGE deposit of the Fedorovo-Pansky layered intrusion, Kola Peninsula
ⓘ Fedorova Tundra block	Groshev, N.Y. Rundkvist, T.V. Karykowski, B.T. Maier, W.D. Korchagin, A.U. Ivanov, A.N. 33rd International Geological Congress (2008) session MPM-04 Platinum-group mineralogy: Platinum-group minerals in the PGE deposit of the Fedorovo-Pansky layered intrusion, Kola Peninsula Junge, M. (2019) Low-Sulfide Platinum–Palladium Deposits of the Paleoproterozoic Fedorova–Pana Layered Complex, Kola Region, Russia. Minerals 9, 764.
ⓘ Kievey deposit	Groshev, N.Y. Rundkvist, T.V. Karykowski, B.T. Maier, W.D. Korchagin, A.U. Ivanov, A.N. Junge, M. (2019) Low-Sulfide Platinum–Palladium Deposits of the Paleoproterozoic Fedorova–Pana Layered Complex, Kola Region, Russia. Minerals 9, 764.
ⓘ North Kamennik deposit	Groshev, N.Y. Rundkvist, T.V. Karykowski, B.T. Maier, W.D. Korchagin, A.U. Ivanov, A.N. Junge, M. (2019) Low-Sulfide Platinum–Palladium Deposits of the Paleoproterozoic Fedorova–Pana Layered Complex, Kola Region, Russia. Minerals 9, 764. Ivanov, A. N., Chernyavsky, A. V., Groshev, N. Y., & Savchenko, E. E. (2020, July). PGM assemblages from the lower ore bodies of the North Kamennik palladium deposit, Kola Region, Russia. In IOP Conference Series: Earth and Environmental Science (Vol. 539, No. 1, p. 012151). IOP Publishing.
ⓘ Northern PGE reef	33rd International Geological Congress (2008) session MPM-04 Platinum-group mineralogy: Platinum-group minerals in the PGE deposit of the Fedorovo-Pansky layered intrusion, Kola Peninsula
Monche tundra intrusion ⓘ Monchetundra deposit	Grokhovskaya, T. L., Lapina, M. I., & Mokhov, A. V. (2009). Assemblages and genesis of platinum-group minerals in low-sulfide ores of the Monchetundra deposit, Kola peninsula, Russia. Geology of Ore Deposits, 51(6), 467-485.
Monchegorsk Monchegorsk Cu-Ni Deposit ⓘ Sopcha Mt	(2014) 12th International Platinum Symposium p88
ⓘ Pechengsky District	Chashchin, V. V., & Petrov, S. V. (2013). Low-sulfide PGE ore in the Volchetundra gabbro-anorthosite pluton, Kola Peninsula, Russia. Geology of Ore Deposits, 55(5), 357-382.
ⓘ Volchetundra massif	Chashchin, V. V., & Petrov, S. V. (2013). Low-sulfide PGE ore in the Volchetundra gabbro-anorthosite pluton, Kola Peninsula, Russia. Geology of Ore Deposits, 55(5), 357-382.
Republic of Karelia Kondopozhsky District ⓘ Vikshozero deposit	(2014) 12th International Platinum Symposium p63
Loukhsky District Oulanka plutonic complex Olanga River (Oulanka River) ⓘ Lukkulaisvaara ultrabasic Massif (Lukkulaisvaara pluton; Lukkulaisvaara layered intrusion)	Grishaenko, M. V. P., & Federation, R. (2007). Independent Report on the Shalozerskoe (Burakovsky), Lukkulaisvaara and Tsipringa Platinum, Palladium, Copper, Nickel Deposits in the Autonomous Republic of Karelia Russian Federation
South Africa
Limpopo Capricorn District Municipality Blouberg Local Municipality Waterberg project ⓘ F-Zone	McCreesh, M. J., Yudovskaya, M. A., Kinnaird, J. A., & Reinke, C. (2018). Platinum-group minerals of the F and T zones, Waterberg Project, far northern Bushveld Complex: implication for the formation of the PGE mineralization. Mineralogical Magazine, 82(3), 539-575.
Sekhukhune District Municipality Fetakgomo Tubatse Local Municipality Burgersfort ⓘ Maandagshoek farm	Melcher, F., Oberthür, T., Lodziak, J. (2005) Modification of detrital platinum-group minerals from the eastern Bushveld Complex, South Africa. The Canadian Mineralogist, 43(5), 1711-1734.
ⓘ Lesego project	Montjoie, R. (2018). Discovery and resource evaluation of the Lesego Platinum Merensky Reef and UG2 Chromitite hosted platinum group metals deposit adjacent to the Phosiri dome and the associated effects of Phosiri dome on the reef horizons, bushveld complex, South Africa (Doctoral dissertation).
Waterberg District Municipality Mogalakwena Local Municipality Mogalakwena ⓘ Mokopane	Yudovskaya, M., Kinnaird, J., Naldrett, A. J., Mokhov, A. V., McDonald, I., & Reinke, C. (2011). Facies variation in PGE mineralization in the central Platreef of the Bushveld Complex, South Africa. The Canadian Mineralogist, 49(6), 1349-1384.
ⓘ Sandsloot mine	Holwell, D. A., McDonald, I., & Armitage, P. E. B. (2006). Platinum-group mineral assemblages in the Platreef at the Sandsloot Mine, northern Bushveld Complex, South Africa. Mineralogical Magazine, 70(1), 83-101. HOLWELL D.A., MCDONALD I. & ARMITAGE, P.E.B. (2006). Platinum-group mineral assemblages in the Platreef at the South Central Pit, Sandsloot Mine, northern Bushveld Complex, South Africa. Mineralogical Magazine, 70, 83-101.
North West Bojanala Platinum District Municipality Rustenburg Local Municipality Rustenburg Royal Bafokeng ⓘ Bafokeng-Rasimone Mine	Smith, A. J. B., Viljoen, K. S., Schouwstra, R., Roberts, J., Schalkwyk, C., & Gutzmer, J. (2013). Geological variations in the Merensky Reef at Bafokeng Rasimone Platinum Mine and its influence on flotation performance. Minerals Engineering, 52, 155-168.
USA
Montana ⓘ Stillwater Complex	Canadian Mineralogist Vol.24, pp. 329-346 (1986)
Stillwater County Blakely Creek ⓘ Frog Pond	Canadian Mineralogist Vol.24, pp. 329-346 (1986)
ⓘ Lost Mountain	Canadian Mineralogist Vol.24, pp. 329-346 (1986)
ⓘ Stillwater Mine	Gobla, M.J. (2012) Montana mineral locality index. Rocks & Minerals, 87, #3, 208-240.
Pennsylvania Chester County ⓘ West Nottingham Township	Smith and Barnes (2011) Pennsylvania Geology v. 41, no. 3/4.