Borovskite

Formula:  Pd₃SbTe₄

Origin of name:  For Igor Borisovich Borovskii, Russian scientist, pioneer in microprobe analysis

Crystal system:  Cubic

Crystal class:  unknown

Twinning:

Unit cell: a = 5.795 Å

Colour:  Dark gray

Diaphaneity:  Opaque

Luster:  Metallic

Habit:  Microscopic grains

Hardness: 2.5

Specific gravity:  8.12

Cleavage:  None

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Comments: Found in massive pentlandite-chalcopyrite-pyrrhotite ores of hydrothermal origin