Keithconnite Mineral Data

General Keithconnite Information

Chemical Formula:

Pd3-xTe(x=0.14 to 0.43)

Composition:

Molecular Weight = 425.58 gm

Tellurium 29.98 % Te

Palladium 70.02 % Pd

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100.00 %

Empirical Formula:

Pd_2.8Te

Environment:

Cumulate ultra-mafic hosted sulfide mineralization.

IMA Status:

Approved IMA 1979

Locality:

Stillwater Pt-Pd J-M reef complex, Nye County, Montana, USA. Link to MinDat.org Location Data.

Name Origin:

Named for Keith Conn (1923), U.S. Geologist who investigated the Stillwater Complex, Nye, Montana, USA.

Name Pronunciation:

Keithconnite + Pronunciation

Synonym:

ICSD 42551

IMA1978-032

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Keithconnite Kotulskite Telluropalladinite

Comments: Polyphase grain of (1) ferroan platinum corroded by (2) Pt(Fe,Cu) and overgrown by (5) telluropalladinite, an unknown (6) Pd-Te-Fe-Si-O phase, (7) Fe-hydroxide and (8) a Ca-Mn-Fe silicate with inclusions of (3) kotulskite and (4) keithconnite. (BGR).
Location: Stream sediments of rivers in the vicinity of the original discovery of the Merensky Reef on the farm Maandagshoek close to Burgersfort in the Eastern Bushveld, South Africa.. Scale: See Image.
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Keithconnite Crystallography

Axial Ratios:

a:c = 1:0.99563

Cell Dimensions:

a = 11.45, c = 11.4, Z = 18; V = 1,294.33 Den(Calc)= 9.83

Crystal System:

Trigonal - RhombohedralH-M Symbol ( 3) Space Group: R 3

$Help on X Ray Diffraction:$ X Ray Diffraction:

By Intensity(I/I_o): 2.26(1), 2.16(0.9), 0.791(0.4),0.885(0.3), 1.32(0.3), 1.4(0.2), 2.22(0.2),

Physical Properties of Keithconnite

Color:

Gray white.

Diaphaneity:

Opaque

Habit:

Granular - Generally occurs as anhedral to subhedral crystals in matrix.

Hardness:

5 - Apatite

Luster:

Metallic

Optical Properties of Keithconnite

RL Anisotrophism:

Moderate to strong.

RL Color:

Cream colored, dull cream with brownish tint with kotulskite, gray with telluropalladinite.

RL Pleochroism:

Not detectable in air, very slight in oil.

Reflectivity

**Standardized Intensity (100%) Reflection Spectra of Keithconnite in Air**
λ	R₁	R₂	∑ R₁(λ)	∑ R₂(λ)
400 nm	40.80	40.60
420 nm	41.60	41.10
440 nm	41.80	41.50
460 nm	42.00	42.00
480 nm	42.30	42.60
500 nm	42.90	43.40
520 nm	43.60	44.10
540 nm	44.40	44.90
560 nm	45.30	45.80
580 nm	46.00	46.60
600 nm	46.80	47.50
620 nm	48.00	48.80
640 nm	49.30	49.90
660 nm	50.60	50.90
680 nm	52.00	52.10
700 nm	53.50	53.40

**Calculated Relative Intensity Colors of Keithconnite in Air**
Relative Intensity	0%	30%	60%	90%	100%	120%	150%	180%	210%
R₁
R₂

Calculated Properties of Keithconnite

Electron Density:

Bulk Density (Electron Density)=8.35 gm/cc
note: Specific Gravity of Keithconnite =9.83 gm/cc.

Fermion Index:

Fermion Index = 0.18
Boson Index = 0.82

Photoelectric:

PE_Keithconnite= 280.65 barns/electron
U=PE_Keithconnite x rElectron Density=2,344.08 barns/cc.

Radioactivity:

GRapi = 0 (Gamma Ray American Petroleum Institute Units)
Keithconnite is Not Radioactive

Keithconnite Classification

Dana Class:

02.02.06.01 (02)Sulfides - Including Selenides and Tellurides

(02.02)where Am Bn Xp, with (m+n):p=3:1

(02.02.06)Dana Group

02.02.06.01 Keithconnite Pd3-xTe(x=0.14to0.43) R 3 3

Strunz Class:

02.BC.20 02 - SULFIDES and SULFOSALTS (sulfides, selenides, tellurides; arsenides, antimonides, bismuthides; sulfarsenites, sulf

02.B - Metal Sulfides, M:S > 1:1 (mainly 2:1)

02.BC -With Rh, Pd, Pt, etc.

02.BC.20 Keithconnite Pd3-xTe(x=0.14to0.43) R 3 3

Other Keithconnite Information

References:

NAME( Dana8) PHYS. PROP.(AntBidBlaNic1) OPTIC PROP.(AntBidBlaNic1)

See Also:

Links to other databases for Keithconnite :
1 - Am. Min. Crystal Structure Database
2 - Athena
3 - EUROmin Project
4 - Ecole des Mines de Paris
5 - GeoScienceWorld
6 - Google Images
7 - Google Scholar
8 - Handbook of Mineralogy (MinSocAm)
9 - Handbook of Mineralogy (UofA)
10 - MinDAT
11 - Mineralienatlas (Deutsch)
12 - Online Mineral Museum
13 - QUT Mineral Atlas
14 - Ruff.Info

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Keithconnite

Pd3-xTe(x=0.14 to 0.43)
Dana No: 02.02.06.01 Strunz No: 02.BC.20
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