Paolovite

paolovite

cubanite

talnakhite

mooihoekite

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Formula: Pd2Sn
Alloy of palladium and tin
Crystal System: Orthorhombic
Specific gravity: 11.08 calculated
Hardness: 5
Colour: White, lilac-rose
Common impurities: Pt,Sb,Bi
Environments

Hydrothermal environments

Paolovite occurs in copper-nickel sulphide ores (Webmin), associated with cubanite, chalcopyrite, galena, talnakhite, mooihoekite, magnetite, sperrylite, sobolevskite, taimyrite, polarite, maslovite, atokiterustenburgite, froodite, silver, palladium and bismuth (HOM).

Localities

At the type locality, the Oktyabrsky mine, Talnakh Cu-Ni Deposit, Noril'sk, Putoran Plateau, Taimyr Peninsula, Taymyrskiy Autonomous Okrug, Krasnoyarsk Krai, Russia, paolovite occurs in copper-nickel sulphide ores, and in cubanitechalcopyrite, cubanitetalnakhite, and cubanitemooihoekite assemblages. It occurs as polysynthetically twinned grains, commonly intergrown with sperrylite, native silver, palladium, bismuth and rustenburgite (AM 59.1331, HOM).

Paolovite from the Oktyabrsky Mine - Image

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