Palladobismutharsenide
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Formula:
Pd2(As,Bi)
Colour:
Silver-white
Lustre:
Metallic
Hardness:
5
Crystal System:
Orthorhombic
Name:
Named for the composition.
Co-Type Localities:
Compare very similar palladoarsenide and UM1976-01-As:BiPd; also similar: UM1975-07-As:PdSn, UM1974-01-As:PdSb, and UM1976-03-As:NiPd.
Classification of Palladobismutharsenide
Approved
First Published:
1976
2/A.05-100
2.AC.25f
2 : SULFIDES and SULFOSALTS (sulfides, selenides, tellurides; arsenides, antimonides, bismuthides; sulfarsenites, sulfantimonites, sulfbismuthites, etc.)
A : Alloys
C : Alloys of metalloids with PGE
2 : SULFIDES and SULFOSALTS (sulfides, selenides, tellurides; arsenides, antimonides, bismuthides; sulfarsenites, sulfantimonites, sulfbismuthites, etc.)
A : Alloys
C : Alloys of metalloids with PGE
2.4.15.1
2 : SULFIDES
4 : AmBnXp, with (m+n):p = 2:1
2 : SULFIDES
4 : AmBnXp, with (m+n):p = 2:1
3.12.31
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
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
Physical Properties of Palladobismutharsenide
Optical Data of Palladobismutharsenide
Anisotropism:
weak to distinct
Pleochroism:
Non-pleochroic
Chemical Properties of Palladobismutharsenide
Formula:
Pd2(As,Bi)
Elements listed:
Crystallography of Palladobismutharsenide
Crystal System:
Orthorhombic
Cell Parameters:
a = 7.46 Å, b = 18.94 Å, c = 6.79 Å
Ratio:
a:b:c = 0.394 : 1 : 0.359
Unit Cell V:
959.38 ų (Calculated from Unit Cell)
Type Occurrence of Palladobismutharsenide
Co-Type Localities:
General Appearance of Type Material:
Grains to 165 microns.
Place of Conservation of Type Material:
Royal Ontario Museum, Toronto, M34218.
U.S. National Museum, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C., NMNH #135407.
Crystal Structure Laboratory, CANMET.
U.S. National Museum, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C., NMNH #135407.
Crystal Structure Laboratory, CANMET.
Reference:
Cabri, L.J., Chen, T.T., Stewart, J.M., Laflamme, J.H. Gilles (1976) Two new palladium-arsenic-bismuth minerals from the Sillwater Complex, Montana. The Canadian Mineralogist: 14: 410-413.
Synonyms of Palladobismutharsenide
Other Language Names for Palladobismutharsenide
Simplified Chinese:铋砷钯矿
Related Minerals - Nickel-Strunz Grouping
| 2.AC. | Törnroosite | Pd11As2Te2 | Iso. m3m (4/m 3 2/m) : Fd3m |
| 2.AC.05a | Atheneite | Pd2As0.75Hg0.25 | Hex. 6 m2 : P62m |
| 2.AC.05b | Vincentite | Pd3As | Tet. |
| 2.AC.10c | Arsenopalladinite | Pd8(As,Sb)3 | Tric. 1 : P1 |
| 2.AC.10b | Mertieite-II | Pd8Sb2.5As0.5 | Trig. 3m (3 2/m) : R3c |
| 2.AC.10a | Stillwaterite | Pd8As3 | Trig. |
| 2.AC.15a | Isomertieite | Pd11Sb2As2 | Iso. m3m (4/m 3 2/m) : Fd3m |
| 2.AC.15b | Mertieite-I | Pd11(Sb,As)4 | Hex. |
| 2.AC.15a | Miessiite | Pd11Te2Se2 | Iso. m3m (4/m 3 2/m) : Fd3m |
| 2.AC.20b | Palarstanide | Pd5(Sn,As)2 | Hex. |
| 2.AC.20a | Stibiopalladinite | Pd5Sb2 | Hex. |
| 2.AC.20c | Menshikovite | Pd3Ni2As3 | Hex. 6/m : P63/m |
| 2.AC.25e | Majakite | PdNiAs | Hex. |
| 2.AC.25a | Palladoarsenide | Pd2As | Mon. 2/m : P2/m |
| 2.AC.25c | Palladodymite | (Pd,Rh)2As | Orth. |
| 2.AC.25b | Rhodarsenide | (Rh,Pd)2As | Orth. |
| 2.AC.25d | Naldrettite | Pd2Sb | Orth. mm2 : Cmc21 |
| 2.AC.30 | UM1999-02-As:NiRh | (Rh,Ni)7As4 | |
| 2.AC.30 | Polkanovite | Rh12As7 | Hex. |
| 2.AC.35a | Genkinite | (Pt,Pd,Rh)4Sb3 | Tet. 4 2 2 |
| 2.AC.35b | Ungavaite | Pd4Sb3 | Tet. 4 2 2 : P41 21 2 |
| 2.AC.40 | Polarite | Pd(Bi,Pb) | Orth. mm2 : Cmc21 |
| 2.AC.45c | Borishanskiite | Pd1+x(As,Pb)2 , x = 0-0.2 | Orth. mm2 |
| 2.AC.45a | Froodite | α-PdBi2 | Mon. 2/m : B2/m |
| 2.AC.45b | Iridarsenite | (Ir,Ru)As2 | Mon. |
Related Minerals - Hey's Chemical Index of Minerals Grouping
| 3.12.1 | Seinäjokite | (Fe,Ni)(Sb,As)2 | Orth. |
| 3.12.2 | Laurite | RuS2 | Iso. m3 (2/m 3) : Pa3 |
| 3.12.3 | Ruthenarsenite | (Ru,Ni)As | Orth. |
| 3.12.4 | Anduoite | (Ru,Os)As2 | Orth. |
| 3.12.5 | Ruarsite | (Ru,Os)AsS | Mon. |
| 3.12.6 | Xingzhongite | Pb2+Ir3+2S4 | Iso. |
| 3.12.7 | Rhodplumsite | Rh3Pb2S2 | Trig. |
| 3.12.8 | Cuprorhodsite | (Cu1+0.5Fe3+0.5)Rh3+2S4 | Iso. m3m (4/m 3 2/m) : Fd3m |
| 3.12.9 | Konderite | Cu3Pb(Rh,Pt,Ir)8S16 | Hex. 6/m : P6/m |
| 3.12.10 | Bowieite | (Rh,Ir,Pt)2S3 | Orth. mmm (2/m 2/m 2/m) |
| 3.12.11 | Cherepanovite | RhAs | Orth. mmm (2/m 2/m 2/m) : Pnma |
| 3.12.12 | Hollingworthite | (Rh,Pt,Pd)AsS | Iso. m3 (2/m 3) |
| 3.12.13 | Vysotskite | (Pd,Ni)S | Tet. |
| 3.12.14 | Vasilite | (Pd,Cu)16(S,Te)7 | Iso. |
| 3.12.15 | Palladseite | Pd17Se15 | Iso. m3m (4/m 3 2/m) |
| 3.12.16 | Oosterboschite | (Pd,Cu)7Se5 | Orth. |
| 3.12.17 | Telluropalladinite | Pd9Te4 | Mon. |
| 3.12.18 | Temagamite | Pd3HgTe3 | Trig. 3m : P3m1 |
| 3.12.19 | Sopcheite | Ag4Pd3Te4 | Orth. |
| 3.12.20 | Michenerite | PdBiTe | Iso. 2 3 : P21 3 |
| 3.12.21 | Kotulskite | Pd(Te,Bi)2-x (x ≈ 0.4) | Hex. |
| 3.12.22 | Telargpalite | (Pd,Ag)3(Te,Bi) | Iso. |
| 3.12.23 | Merenskyite | PdTe2 | Trig. 3m : P3m1 |
| 3.12.24 | Palladoarsenide | Pd2As | Mon. 2/m : P2/m |
| 3.12.25 | Stillwaterite | Pd8As3 | Trig. |
| 3.12.26 | Atheneite | Pd2As0.75Hg0.25 | Hex. 6 m2 : P62m |
| 3.12.27 | Majakite | PdNiAs | Hex. |
| 3.12.28 | Palarstanide | Pd5(Sn,As)2 | Hex. |
| 3.12.29 | Arsenopalladinite | Pd8(As,Sb)3 | Tric. 1 : P1 |
| 3.12.30 | Vincentite | Pd3As | Tet. |
| 3.12.32 | Stibiopalladinite | Pd5Sb2 | Hex. |
| 3.12.33 | Hexatestibiopanickelite | (Pd,Ni)(Sb,Te) | Hex. |
| 3.12.34 | Sudburyite | PdSb | Hex. |
| 3.12.35 | Testibiopalladite | PdTe(Sb,Te) | Iso. |
| 3.12.36 | Borovskite | Pd3SbTe4 | Iso. |
| 3.12.37 | Isomertieite | Pd11Sb2As2 | Iso. m3m (4/m 3 2/m) : Fd3m |
| 3.12.38 | Mertieite-I | Pd11(Sb,As)4 | Hex. |
| 3.12.39 | Mertieite-II | Pd8Sb2.5As0.5 | Trig. 3m (3 2/m) : R3c |
| 3.12.40 | Sobolevskite | PdBi | Hex. |
| 3.12.41 | Froodite | α-PdBi2 | Mon. 2/m : B2/m |
| 3.12.42 | Polarite | Pd(Bi,Pb) | Orth. mm2 : Cmc21 |
| 3.12.43 | Urvantsevite | Pd(Bi,Pb)2 | Tet. |
| 3.12.44 | Cooperite | PtS | Tet. 4/mmm (4/m 2/m 2/m) : P42/mmc |
| 3.12.45 | Braggite | (Pt,Pd,Ni)S | Tet. |
| 3.12.46 | Kharaelakhite | (Cu,Pt,Pb,Fe,Ni)9S8 | Orth. mmm (2/m 2/m 2/m) : Pmmm |
| 3.12.47 | Malanite | Cu1+(Ir3+Pt4+)S4 | Iso. |
| 3.12.48 | Moncheite | (Pt,Pd)(Te,Bi)2 | Trig. |
| 3.12.49 | Maslovite | PtBiTe | Iso. 2 3 : P21 3 |
| 3.12.50 | Sperrylite | PtAs2 | Iso. m3 (2/m 3) : Pa3 |
| 3.12.51 | Platarsite | PtAsS | Iso. |
| 3.12.52 | Geversite | PtSb2 | Iso. m3 (2/m 3) : Pa3 |
| 3.12.53 | Daomanite | CuPtAsS2 | Orth. |
| 3.12.54 | Genkinite | (Pt,Pd,Rh)4Sb3 | Tet. 4 2 2 |
| 3.12.55 | Stumpflite | PtSb | Hex. |
| 3.12.56 | Insizwaite | Pt(Bi,Sb)2 | Iso. m3 (2/m 3) : Pa3 |
| 3.12.57 | Erlichmanite | OsS2 | Iso. m3 (2/m 3) : Pa3 |
| 3.12.58 | Omeiite | (Os,Ru)As2 | Orth. |
| 3.12.59 | Osarsite | (Os,Ru)AsS | Mon. |
| 3.12.60 | Kashinite | (Ir,Rh)2S3 | Orth. |
| 3.12.61 | Inaglyite | Cu3Pb(Ir,Pt)8S16 | Hex. |
| 3.12.62 | Cuproiridsite | (Cu,Fe)Ir2S4 | Iso. m3m (4/m 3 2/m) : Fd3m |
| 3.12.63 | Iridarsenite | (Ir,Ru)As2 | Mon. |
| 3.12.64 | Irarsite | (Ir,Ru,Rh,Pt)AsS | Iso. |
| 3.12.65 | Tolovkite | IrSbS | Iso. |
Other Information
Health Risks:
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References for Palladobismutharsenide
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Cabri, L.J., Chen, T.T., Stewart, J.M., Laflamme, J.H. Gilles (1976) Two new palladium-arsenic-bismuth minerals from the Sillwater Complex, Montana. The Canadian Mineralogist: 14: 410-413.
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Canada | |
| Liferovich & Mitchell pers. comm. L. Horváth 2005: L. Horváth 2009 |
Russia | |
| 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 |
| 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 | |
| Chashchin, V. V., Petrov, S. V., & Drogobuzhskaya, S. V. (2018). Loypishnyun Low-Sulfide Pt–Pd Deposit of the Monchetundra Basic Massif, Kola Peninsula, Russia. Geology of Ore Deposits, 60(5), 418-448. |
South Africa | |
| 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. |
USA (TL) | |
| Gobla, M.J. (2012) Montana mineral locality index. Rocks & Minerals, 87, #3, 208-240. |
| [Canadian Mineralogist 14:410] |
