Testibiopalladite
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Formula:
PdTe(Sb,Te)
Colour:
Brownish steel-gray, tarnishes yellow-brown
Lustre:
Metallic
Hardness:
3½ - 4
Crystal System:
Isometric
Member of:
Name:
The name reflects its compostion: TEllurium, antimony (Latin = "STIBIum"), and PALLADium.
Pyrite Group.
Originally reported from Yangliuping Cu-Ni-(PGE) deposit, Danba Co., Garzê (Ganzi) Autonomous Prefecture, Sichuan Province, China.
Reinvestigation needed.
Originally reported from Yangliuping Cu-Ni-(PGE) deposit, Danba Co., Garzê (Ganzi) Autonomous Prefecture, Sichuan Province, China.
Reinvestigation needed.
Classification of Testibiopalladite
IMA status notes:
Published without approval, Unnamed (probably valid)
Approval history:
Unnamed, but probably valid.
2/D.17-170
2.EB.25
2 : SULFIDES and SULFOSALTS (sulfides, selenides, tellurides; arsenides, antimonides, bismuthides; sulfarsenites, sulfantimonites, sulfbismuthites, etc.)
E : Metal Sulfides, M: S <= 1:2
B : M:S = 1:2, with Fe, Co, Ni, PGE, etc.
2 : SULFIDES and SULFOSALTS (sulfides, selenides, tellurides; arsenides, antimonides, bismuthides; sulfarsenites, sulfantimonites, sulfbismuthites, etc.)
E : Metal Sulfides, M: S <= 1:2
B : M:S = 1:2, with Fe, Co, Ni, PGE, etc.
2.12.3.13
2 : SULFIDES
12 : AmBnXp, with (m+n):p = 1:2
2 : SULFIDES
12 : AmBnXp, with (m+n):p = 1:2
3.12.35
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 Testibiopalladite
Metallic
Transparency:
Opaque
Colour:
Brownish steel-gray, tarnishes yellow-brown
Hardness:
3½ - 4 on Mohs scale
Optical Data of Testibiopalladite
Type:
Isotropic
Chemical Properties of Testibiopalladite
Formula:
PdTe(Sb,Te)
Elements listed:
Common Impurities:
Pt,Ag,Ni
Crystallography of Testibiopalladite
Crystal System:
Isometric
Cell Parameters:
a = 6.57 Å
Unit Cell V:
283.59 ų (Calculated from Unit Cell)
Other Language Names for Testibiopalladite
Relationship of Testibiopalladite to other Species
Member of:
Other Members of this group:
Changchengite | IrBiS | Iso. |
Cobaltite | CoAsS | Orth. mm2 : Pca21 |
Gersdorffite | NiAsS | Iso. m3 (2/m 3) : Pa3 |
Hollingworthite | (Rh,Pt,Pd)AsS | Iso. m3 (2/m 3) |
Irarsite | (Ir,Ru,Rh,Pt)AsS | Iso. |
Jolliffeite | NiAsSe | Iso. m3 (2/m 3) : Pa3 |
Kalungaite | PdAsSe | Iso. m3 (2/m 3) : Pa3 |
Maslovite | PtBiTe | Iso. 2 3 : P21 3 |
Mayingite | IrBiTe | Iso. m3 (2/m 3) : Pa3 |
Michenerite | PdBiTe | Iso. 2 3 : P21 3 |
Milotaite | PdSbSe | Iso. 2 3 : P21 3 |
Padmaite | PdBiSe | Iso. |
Platarsite | PtAsS | Iso. |
Tolovkite | IrSbS | Iso. |
Ullmannite | NiSbS | Iso. 2 3 : P21 3 |
Willyamite | CoSbS |
Related Minerals - Nickel-Strunz Grouping
2.EB.05a | Aurostibite | AuSb2 | Iso. m3 (2/m 3) : Pa3 |
2.EB.05b | Bambollaite | Cu(Se,Te)2 | Tet. |
2.EB.05a | Cattierite | CoS2 | Iso. m3 (2/m 3) : Pa3 |
2.EB.05a | Erlichmanite | OsS2 | Iso. m3 (2/m 3) : Pa3 |
2.EB.05a | Fukuchilite | Cu3FeS8 | Iso. m3 (2/m 3) : Pa3 |
2.EB.05a | Geversite | PtSb2 | Iso. m3 (2/m 3) : Pa3 |
2.EB.05a | Hauerite | MnS2 | Iso. m3 (2/m 3) : Pa3 |
2.EB.05a | Insizwaite | Pt(Bi,Sb)2 | Iso. m3 (2/m 3) : Pa3 |
2.EB.05a | Krut'aite | CuSe2 | Iso. m3 (2/m 3) : Pa3 |
2.EB.05a | Laurite | RuS2 | Iso. m3 (2/m 3) : Pa3 |
2.EB.05a | Penroseite | (Ni,Co,Cu)Se2 | Iso. m3 (2/m 3) : Pa3 |
2.EB.05a | Pyrite | FeS2 | Iso. m3 (2/m 3) : Pa3 |
2.EB.05a | Sperrylite | PtAs2 | Iso. m3 (2/m 3) : Pa3 |
2.EB.05a | Trogtalite | CoSe2 | Iso. m3 (2/m 3) : Pa3 |
2.EB.05a | Vaesite | NiS2 | Iso. m3 (2/m 3) : Pa3 |
2.EB.05a | Villamanínite | (Cu,Ni,Co,Fe)S2 | Tric. |
2.EB.05a | Dzharkenite | FeSe2 | Iso. m3 (2/m 3) : Pa3 |
2.EB.05a | Gaotaiite | Ir3Te8 | Iso. |
2.EB.10b | Alloclasite | Co1-xFexAsS | Mon. 2 : P21 |
2.EB.10d | Costibite | CoSbS | Orth. mm2 : Pmn21 |
2.EB.10a | Ferroselite | FeSe2 | Orth. mmm (2/m 2/m 2/m) : Pnnm |
2.EB.10a | Frohbergite | FeTe2 | Orth. mmm (2/m 2/m 2/m) : Pnnm |
2.EB.10c | Glaucodot | (Co0.50Fe0.50)AsS | Orth. mm2 : Pmn21 |
2.EB.10a | Kullerudite | NiSe2 | Orth. mmm (2/m 2/m 2/m) : Pnnm |
2.EB.10a | Marcasite | FeS2 | Orth. mmm (2/m 2/m 2/m) : Pnnm |
2.EB.10a | Mattagamite | CoTe2 | Orth. |
2.EB.10e | Paracostibite | CoSbS | Orth. |
2.EB.10e | Pararammelsbergite | NiAs2 | Orth. mmm (2/m 2/m 2/m) : Pbca |
2.EB.10f | Oenite | CoSbAs | Orth. |
2.EB.15a | Anduoite | (Ru,Os)As2 | Orth. |
2.EB.15a | Clinosafflorite | CoAs2 | Mon. 2/m : P21/m |
2.EB.15a | Löllingite | FeAs2 | Orth. mmm (2/m 2/m 2/m) : Pnnm |
2.EB.15a | Nisbite | NiSb2 | Orth. |
2.EB.15a | Omeiite | (Os,Ru)As2 | Orth. |
2.EB.15c | Paxite | CuAs2 | Mon. |
2.EB.15a | Rammelsbergite | NiAs2 | Orth. mmm (2/m 2/m 2/m) : Pnnm |
2.EB.15a | Safflorite | (Co,Ni,Fe)As2 | Orth. mmm (2/m 2/m 2/m) : Pnnm |
2.EB.15b | Seinäjokite | (Fe,Ni)(Sb,As)2 | Orth. |
2.EB.20 | Arsenopyrite | FeAsS | Mon. 2/m : P21/b |
2.EB.20 | Gudmundite | FeSbS | Mon. 2/m : P21/b |
2.EB.20 | Osarsite | (Os,Ru)AsS | Mon. |
2.EB.20 | Ruarsite | (Ru,Os)AsS | Mon. |
2.EB.25 | Cobaltite | CoAsS | Orth. mm2 : Pca21 |
2.EB.25 | Gersdorffite | NiAsS | Iso. m3 (2/m 3) : Pa3 |
2.EB.25 | Hollingworthite | (Rh,Pt,Pd)AsS | Iso. m3 (2/m 3) |
2.EB.25 | Irarsite | (Ir,Ru,Rh,Pt)AsS | Iso. |
2.EB.25 | Jolliffeite | NiAsSe | Iso. m3 (2/m 3) : Pa3 |
2.EB.25 | Krutovite | NiAs2 | Iso. |
2.EB.25 | Maslovite | PtBiTe | Iso. 2 3 : P21 3 |
2.EB.25 | Michenerite | PdBiTe | Iso. 2 3 : P21 3 |
2.EB.25 | Padmaite | PdBiSe | Iso. |
2.EB.25 | Platarsite | PtAsS | Iso. |
2.EB.25 | Tolovkite | IrSbS | Iso. |
2.EB.25 | Ullmannite | NiSbS | Iso. 2 3 : P21 3 |
2.EB.25 | Willyamite | CoSbS | |
2.EB.25 | Changchengite | IrBiS | Iso. |
2.EB.25 | Mayingite | IrBiTe | Iso. m3 (2/m 3) : Pa3 |
2.EB.25 | Hollingsworthite | (Rh,Pt,Pd)AsS | |
2.EB.25 | Kalungaite | PdAsSe | Iso. m3 (2/m 3) : Pa3 |
2.EB.25 | Milotaite | PdSbSe | Iso. 2 3 : P21 3 |
2.EB.30 | Urvantsevite | Pd(Bi,Pb)2 | Tet. |
2.EB.35 | Rheniite | ReS2 | Tric. |
Related Minerals - Dana Grouping (8th Ed.)
2.12.3.1 | Cobaltite | CoAsS | Orth. mm2 : Pca21 |
2.12.3.2 | Gersdorffite | NiAsS | Iso. m3 (2/m 3) : Pa3 |
2.12.3.3 | Ullmannite | NiSbS | Iso. 2 3 : P21 3 |
2.12.3.4 | Willyamite | CoSbS | |
2.12.3.5 | Tolovkite | IrSbS | Iso. |
2.12.3.6 | Platarsite | PtAsS | Iso. |
2.12.3.7 | Irarsite | (Ir,Ru,Rh,Pt)AsS | Iso. |
2.12.3.8 | Hollingworthite | (Rh,Pt,Pd)AsS | Iso. m3 (2/m 3) |
2.12.3.9 | Jolliffeite | NiAsSe | Iso. m3 (2/m 3) : Pa3 |
2.12.3.10 | Padmaite | PdBiSe | Iso. |
2.12.3.11 | Michenerite | PdBiTe | Iso. 2 3 : P21 3 |
2.12.3.12 | Maslovite | PtBiTe | Iso. 2 3 : P21 3 |
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. |
3.12.31 | Palladobismutharsenide | Pd2(As,Bi) | Orth. |
3.12.32 | Stibiopalladinite | Pd5Sb2 | Hex. |
3.12.33 | Hexatestibiopanickelite | (Pd,Ni)(Sb,Te) | Hex. |
3.12.34 | Sudburyite | PdSb | Hex. |
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 Testibiopalladite
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Platinum metal mineral research group, Kweiyang Institute of Geochemistry (1974): Tellurostibnide of palladium and nickel and other new minerals and varieties of platinum metals. Geochimica 1974(3), 169-181 (in Chinese with English abstract). - American Mineralogist (1976), 61, 182 (abstract); American Mineralogist (1992), 77, 675 (abstract).
Canadian Mineralogist (1991), 29, 401-409.
CIM Special Volume 23, 143-144, 156.
Internet Links for Testibiopalladite
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Localities for Testibiopalladite
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Australia | |
| Hudson, D.R. (1986) Platinum-group minerals from the Kambalda nickel deposits, Western Australia, Economic Geology, Vol 81, No.5 pp.1218-1225. |
Hudson, D.R. (1986) Platinum-group minerals from the Kambalda nickel deposits, Western Australia, Economic Geology, Vol 81, No.5 pp.1218-1225. Hudson, D.R., Robinson, B.W., Vigers, R.B.W. (1978) Zoned michenerite-testibiopalladite from Kambalda, Western Australia, The Canadian Mineralogist, Vol. 16 May 1978, pp.121-126. | |
| 5th International Platinum Symposium Bulletin of The Geological Society of Finland Number 61, Part 1,1989,1-64 |
Austria | |
| Schwabl, S., Melcher, F., Grill, H.A. (2015): First occurrence of platinum-group minerals in Salzburg: the Haidbachgraben Cu-Ni-Co deposit, Pinzgau. Poster, MinPet 2015, Leoben, Austria, September 10-13; abstract in Mitteilungen der Österreichischen Mineralogischen Gesellschaft 161, 117.; Melcher, F., Onuk, P., Schwabl, S., Zimmermann, M. & Aiglsperger, T. (2019): Rhenium sulphides and platinum-group minerals at Haidbach/Pinzgau – recent results. Mitteilungen der Österreichischen Mineralogischen Gesellschaft 165, 64 (abs.). |
Brazil | |
| Almeida, C.M., Olivo, G.R., Carvalho, S.G. (2007) The Ni-Cu-PGE sulfide ores of the komatiite-hosted Fortaleza de Minas deposit, Brazil: Evidence of hydrothermal remobilization. The Canadian Mineralogist: 45(4): 751-773. |
Canada | |
| Y. Chen, M. E. Fleet and Y. Pan (1993) Platinum-group minerals and gold in Arsenic-rich ore at the Thompson mine, Thompson Nickel Belt, Manitoba, Canada. Mineralogy and Petrology 49:127-146; Chen, Yuan, "Precious-metal Mineralization And Sulfide-silicate Relationships In Some Canadian Nickel-copper Sulfide Deposits: Thompson Mine, Manitoba; Sudbury, Ontario; Dundonald Beach, Ontario" (1993). Digitized Theses. Paper 2231. |
| 5th International Platinum Symposium Bulletin of The Geological Society of Finland Number 61, Part 1,1989,1-64 |
Geological Association of Canada (2014) Abstracts Fredericton Vol 37 | |
| Dillon-Leitch, H. C. H. (1990). The distribution of platinum-group elements and platinum-group minerals from the Donaldson West and Surface deposits, Cape Smith belt, Quebec: The roles of thermal and dynamic metamorphism. PhD Thesis Carleton University (Canada) |
Econ Geol (1986) 81:1147-1158 | |
| Barkov, A.Y., Laflamme, J.H.G., Cabri, L.J., and Martin, R.F. (2002) Platinum-group minerals from the Wellgreen Cu-Ni-PGE deposit, Yukon, Canada. Canadian Mineralogist: 40: 651-669.; 5th International Platinum Symposium Bulletin of The Geological Society of Finland Number 61, Part 1,1989,1-64; Barkov, A.Y., Laflamme, J.H.G., Cabri, L.G., Martin. R.F. (2002): Platinum-group minerals from the Wellgreen Ni-Cu-PGE deposit, Yukon, Canada. Can. Mineral.: 40(2): 651-669 |
China | |
| Xieyan Song, Meifu Zhou, Zhimin Cao, Min Sun, and Yunliang Wang (2003): Mineralium Deposita 38, 831-843 |
Germany | |
| Sandmann, D., & Gutzmer, J. (2015). Nature and distribution of PGE mineralisation in gabbroic rocks of the Lusatian Block, Saxony, Germany Art und Verbreitung der PGE-Mineralisation in den gabbroiden Gesteinen des Lausitzer Blocks, Sachsen, Deutschland. Zeitschrift der Deutschen Gesellschaft für Geowissenschaften, 166(1), 35-53. |
Greece | |
| Katie A. McFall, Jonathan Naden, Stephen Roberts, Tim Baker, John Spratt, Iain McDonald (2018): Platinum-group minerals in the Skouries Cu-Au (Pd, Pt, Te) porphyry deposit. Ore Geology Reviews 99, 344-364. |
India | |
| 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. |
South Africa | |
| http://www.minsoc.org.za/pubs/BaseMetals2003.pdf |
H.F.J. Theart and C.D. de Nooy (2001) The Platinum Group Minerals in two parts of the Massive Sulphide Body of the Uitkomst Complex, Mpumalanga, South Africa. SOUTH AFRICAN JOURNAL OF GEOLOGY, VOLUME 104, PAGE 287-300 |