Vincentite

Vincentite

Kalimantan, Indonesia

Vincentite

Kalimantan, Indonesia

Vincentite

Kalimantan, Indonesia

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E. A. "David" Vincent

Formula:

Pd₃As

Colour:

Brownish gray

Lustre:

Metallic

Hardness:

5

Specific Gravity:

10.86 (Calculated)

Crystal System:

Monoclinic

Name:

Named in 1974 by Eugen Friedrich Stumpfl and M. Tarkien in honor of Ewart Albert "David" Vincent [1919 - December 24, 2012 Oxford, England, UK], reader in mineralogy at Durham College and Oxford University (UK) and chairman of Geology at Manchester University (UK). Vincent was an accomplished researcher in reflected light microscopy.

Type Locality:

ⓘ Riam Kanan, South Kalimantan Province, Indonesia

Compare, e.g., UM1993-02-AsTe:Pd.

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Physical Properties of VincentiteHide

Optical Data of VincentiteHide

Anisotropism:

Weak, greenish gray to dark brown.

Bireflectance:

Weak

Reflectivity:

Wavelength	R1	R2
400nm	36.0%	36.5%
420nm	36.4%	37.3%
440nm	36.4%	38.7%
460nm	38.0%	41.8%
470nm	38.8%	43.1%
480nm	40.5%	44.2%
500nm	42.0%	46.1%
520nm	43.4%	48.9%
540nm	45.1%	51.1%
546nm	45.4%	51.3%
560nm	46.3%	52.2%
580nm	47.6%	53.8%
589nm	48.0%	54.2%
600nm	48.4%	54.8%
620nm	48.9%	55.8%
640nm	50.4%	55.9%
650nm	50.8%	55.9%
660nm	51.6%	56.0%
680nm	53.1%	55.8%
700nm	54.2%	56.2%

Graph shows reflectance levels at different wavelengths (in nm). Top of box is 100%. Peak reflectance is 56.2%.
R₁ shown in black, R₂ shown in red

Colour in reflected light:

Light brownish-gray

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Localities for VincentiteHide

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Locality ListHide

- 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.

Canada
Ontario 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.
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.
China
Sichuan Panzhihua Yanbian County ⓘ Hongge V-Ti-Fe deposit	Hong Zhong, Xinhua Zhou, Meifu Zhou, Min Sun, and Bingguang Liu (2002): Mineralium Deposita 37(2), 226-239
Finland
Lapland Enontekiö ⓘ Miessijoki River	Kojonen, K. K., Tarkian, M., Roberts, A. C., Törnroos, R., Heidrich, S. (2007) Miessiite, Pd11Te2Se2, a new mineral species from Miessijoki, Finnish Lapland, Finland. The Canadian Mineralogist, 45 (5) 1221-1227 doi:10.2113/gscanmin.45.5.1221 33rd International Geological Congress (2008) session MPM-04 Platinum-group mineralogy: Pt-Pd selenides from river placers, northern Finland
France
Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes Ain Bourg-en-Bresse Lescheroux ⓘ Reyssouze River placer	Ducluzaux B. (2022). Recherche de platinoïdes alluvionnaires en France. AFM - Le Cahier des Micromonteurs. n°155 1-2022.
Greenland
Sermersooq Skaergaard intrusion ⓘ Platinova reef	Holwell, D. A., Barnes, S. J., Le Vaillant, M., Keays, R. R., Fisher, L. A., & Prasser, R. (2016). 3D textural evidence for the formation of ultra-high tenor precious metal bearing sulphide microdroplets in offset reefs: an extreme example from the Platinova Reef, Skaergaard Intrusion, Greenland. Lithos, 256, 55-74.
Indonesia (TL)
South Kalimantan Province ⓘ Riam Kanan (TL)	Stumpfl, E.F., Tarkian, M. (1974) Vincentite, a new palladium mineral from south-east Borneo. Mineralogical Magazine: 39: 525-527. Tarkian, M., Klaska, K. H., & Stumpfl, E. F. (2002). New data on vincentite. The Canadian Mineralogist, 40(2), 457-461.
Madagascar
Atsinanana Antanambao Manampotsy District ⓘ Antanambao-Manampotsy area ?	Legendre, Olivier, Augé, Thierry (1992) Alluvial platinum‐group minerals from the Manampotsy area, East Madagascar. Australian Journal of Earth Sciences, 39 (3) 389-404 doi:10.1080/08120099208728032
ⓘ Ambodibonara Placer ?	Legendre, Olivier, Augé, Thierry (1992) Alluvial platinum‐group minerals from the Manampotsy area, East Madagascar. Australian Journal of Earth Sciences, 39 (3) 389-404 doi:10.1080/08120099208728032
Poland
Lower Silesian Voivodeship ⓘ Lubin–Głogów mining district	Piestrzyński, A., & Pieczonka, J. (2012). Low temperature ore minerals associations in the Kupferschiefer type deposit, Lubin–Sieroszowice mining district, SW Poland. Мінералогічний збірник, (2), 59-66.
Lubin County ⓘ Lubin	Kucha H. 2007: Mineralogia kruszcowa i geochemia ciała rudnego złoża Lubin-Sieroszowice. Biuletyn PIG, vol. 423, pp. 77-94
Russia
Krasnoyarsk Krai Taymyrskiy Autonomous Okrug Taimyr Peninsula Putoran Plateau ⓘ Noril'sk	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 Oktyabrsky Mine ⓘ 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
Murmansk Oblast Fedorovo-Pansky massif (Pana layered complex) ⓘ 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. Sushchenko, Artyom, Groshev, Nikolay, Rundkvist, Tatyana, Kompanchenko, Alena, Savchenko, Yevgeny (2023) Apatite as an Indicator for the Formation of PGE Mineralization as Exemplified by Anorthosites of the Kievey Deposit, Fedorova-Pana Layered Complex, Kola Peninsula, Russia. Minerals, 13 (12) doi:10.3390/min13121473
ⓘ 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
ⓘ Southern PGE Reef	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.
Monche tundra intrusion ⓘ Loypishnyun deposit	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.
ⓘ 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
Republic of Karelia Kondopozhsky District ⓘ Vikshozero deposit	(2014) 12th International Platinum Symposium p63
Sverdlovsk Oblast Karpinsk Urban Okrug ⓘ Serebryansky Kamen massif	Mikhailov, V. V., Stepanov, S. Yu., Kozlov, A. V., Petrov, S. V., Palamarchuk, R. S., Shilovskikh, V. V., Abramova, V. D. (2021) New Copper–Precious Metal Occurrence in Gabbro of the Serebryansky Kamen Massif, Ural Platinum Belt, Northern Urals. Geology of Ore Deposits, 63 (6) 528-555 doi:10.1134/s1075701521060040
South Africa
Limpopo Capricorn District Municipality Blouberg Local Municipality ⓘ Aurora project	McFall, K., McDonald, I., Tanner, D., & Harmer, R. J. (2019). Aurora Ni (nickel) Cu (copper) PGE (platinum-group elements) deposit data (NERC Grants NE/M010848/1, NE/M011615/1)
Waterberg District Municipality Mogalakwena Local Municipality Mogalakwena Mokopane ⓘ Sandsloot mine	Armitage, P. E. B., McDonald, I., Edwards, S. J., & Manby, G. M. (2002). Platinum-group element mineralization in the Platreef and calc-silicate footwall at Sandsloot, Potgietersrus District, South Africa. Applied Earth Science: Transactions of the Institutions of Mining and Metallurgy: Section B, 111(1), 36-45.
Turkey
Kahramanmaraş Province ⓘ Elbistan-Kahramanmaraş podiform ophiolitic chromitites	Zaccarini F, Economou-Eliopoulos M, Kiseleva O, Garuti G, Tsikouras B, Pushkarev E, Idrus A. Platinum Group Elements (PGE) Geochemistry and Mineralogy of Low Economic Potential (Rh-Pt-Pd)-Rich Chromitites from Ophiolite Complexes. Minerals. 2022 12(12):1565. https://doi.org/10.3390/min12121565
USA
Alaska Kodiak Island Borough Tugidak Island ⓘ Southern beach placer	Belkin, H. E., & Grosz, A. E. (2021). Platinum and gold placer from Tugidak Island, Alaska: Platinum-group minerals and their inclusions, gold, and chromite mineralogy. The Canadian Mineralogist, 59(4), 667-712.
Minnesota Lake County Beaver Bay Beaver Bay Complex ⓘ Sonju Lake intrusion	Chusi Li, Ripley, E.M., Oberthür, T., Miller, Jr., J.D., and Joslin, G.D. (2008): Mineralium Deposita 43, 97-110.
Pennsylvania Chester County ⓘ West Nottingham Township	Smith and Barnes (2011) Pennsylvania Geology v. 41, no. 3/4.
Lancaster County ⓘ Fulton Township	Smith and Barnes (2011) Pennsylvania Geology Fall/Winter 2011
Zimbabwe
Masvingo Chiredzi District Chiredzi mining district (Hartley mining district) ⓘ Makwiro River	Oberthür, T., Weiser, T. W., Melcher, F., Gast, L., & Wöhrl, C. (2013). Detrital platinum-group minerals in rivers draining the Great Dyke, Zimbabwe. The Canadian Mineralogist, 51(2), 197-222.