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Formula: Pd8Bi1.5Te1.25As0.25
Alloy of palladium, bismuth,
tellurium and arsenic
Crystal system: Trigonal
Specific gravity: 11.947 calculated
Hardness: 4½ to 5
Colour: Grey
Environments
Plutonic igneous environments
Pegmatites
Vadlazarenkovite is a new mineral, approved in 2023 and to date (July 2025) reported only from the
type locality.
Localities
At the type locality, the Anomal’niy Cu-PGE deposit, Konder alkaline-ultrabasic massif, Ayano-Maysky district,
Khabarovsk Krai, Russia, vadlazarenkovite was discovered in a heavy concentrate obtained from ore samples
collected at the occurrence. It occurs as anhedral grains up to 0.15 × 0.15 mm, intergrown with
vysotskite and associated with numerous
platinum group element-bearing minerals such as
arsenopalladinite,
ezochiite,
hollingworthite,
kotulskite, norilskite,
polarite, skaergaardite,
sobolevskite, sperrylite,
törnroosite and
zvyagintsevite. Vadlazarenkovite is grey, opaque with a
metallic lustre, brittle tenacity and uneven fracture
(MM 89.1.92-101).
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