Isomertieite Arsenopalladinite Gold Bornite Image

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Arsenopalladinite, Isomertieite, Gold Bornite

Mineral:

Arsenopalladinite: Pd8(As,Sb)3
Isomertieite: Pd11Sb2As2
Gold: Au
Bornite: Cu5FeS4

Comments:

Light grayish grain of intimately intergrown isomertieite and arsenopalladinite (in the center of the picture), with pale yellow gold and brownish to violet bornite. Polished section (from microprobe analysis) in reflected light.

Location:

Noril'sk, Putoran Mts, Taymyrskiy Autonomous Okrug, Eastern-Siberian Region, Russia.

Scale:

Picture size 0.1 mm.

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