UM1981-02-Bi:AsPbPd
A material that is NOT an approved mineral species
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Formula:
~(Pd,Pb,Pt)3(Bi,As,Te)
Colour:
in thin section (likely reflected light), off-white with a yellow tinge
First Recorded Locality:
Compare, e.g., polarite and urvantsevite. Listed in CIM (Sp. Vol. 23) as un1979-3.
Similar or identical to UM2004-05-Bi:Pd.
As single grain, 40 x 90 microns in size, with palladobismutharsenide, sperrylite and possibly siderite in a heavy mineral concentrate from the Stillwater Complex, Montana.
Similar or identical to UM2004-05-Bi:Pd.
As single grain, 40 x 90 microns in size, with palladobismutharsenide, sperrylite and possibly siderite in a heavy mineral concentrate from the Stillwater Complex, Montana.
Unique Identifiers
Mindat ID:
47556
Long-form identifier:
mindat:1:1:47556:5
GUID
(UUID V4):
(UUID V4):
9c473fc8-205f-491b-9b68-7ca6a3a4b4a6
Physical Properties of UM1981-02-Bi:AsPbPd
Colour:
in thin section (likely reflected light), off-white with a yellow tinge
Comment:
paler than palladobismutharsenide
Comment:
polishing hardness lower than that of palladobismutharsenide.
Optical Data of UM1981-02-Bi:AsPbPd
Anisotropism:
weak, dark grayish-brown (air), grayish (oil)
Bireflectance:
not observed
Chemical Properties of UM1981-02-Bi:AsPbPd
Formula:
~(Pd,Pb,Pt)3(Bi,As,Te)
First Recorded Occurrence of UM1981-02-Bi:AsPbPd
Other Information
Health Risks:
No information on health risks for this material has been entered into the database. You should always treat mineral specimens with care.
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Localities for UM1981-02-Bi:AsPbPd
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- Good crystals or important locality for species.
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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.
All localities listed without proper references should be considered as questionable.
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