Palladinite (original) (raw)

A valid IMA mineral species - grandfathered - questionable

Crystal System:

Tetragonal

An ocherous coating found on palladian gold (porpezite) from Brazil.

Note: UM1995-18-O:CuPd is possibly the correct name, as it is IMA-approved.

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Long-form identifier:

mindat:1:1:10660:1

9b805ed1-ecb8-4c5c-9ef8-836d163711a1

IMA Classification of PalladiniteHide

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Approved, 'Grandfathered' (first described prior to 1959), Questionable

Classification of PalladiniteHide

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4.AB.30

4 : OXIDES (Hydroxides, V[5,6] vanadates, arsenites, antimonites, bismuthites, sulfites, selenites, tellurites, iodates)
A : Metal: Oxygen = 2:1 and 1:1
B : M:O = 1:1 (and up to 1:1.25); with small to medium-sized cations only

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Chemistry of PalladiniteHide

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Crystallography of PalladiniteHide

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Crystal System:

Tetragonal

Class (H-M):

4/m m m _(_4/_m_2/_m_2/m ) - Ditetragonal Dipyramidal

Cell Parameters:

a = 3.03(2) Å, c = 5.33(2) Å

Unit Cell V:

48.93 ų (Calculated from Unit Cell)

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ID	Species	Reference	Link	Year	Locality	Pressure (GPa)	Temp (K)
0009157	Palladinite	Waser J, Levy H A, Peterson S W (1953) The structure of PdO Acta Crystallographica 6 661-663		1953	synthetic	0	293

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Synonyms of PalladiniteHide

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Health Risks:

No information on health risks for this material has been entered into the database. You should always treat mineral specimens with care.

Internet Links for PalladiniteHide

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References for PalladiniteHide

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Reference List:

Jedwab, J., Cassedanne, J., Criddle, A.J., du Ry, P., Ghysens, G., Meisser, N., Piret, P., Stanley, C.J. (1993) Terra Nova-Abstract Suppl., 2, 22.

Jedwab, J., Criddle, A.J., du Ry, P. Piret, P., Stanley, C.J. (1994): Rediscovery of palladinite (PdO tetrag.) from Itabira (Minas Gerais, Brazil) and from Ruwe (Shaba, Zaire). IAGOD meeting, Orleans, France, September 1994.

Localities for PalladiniteHide

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