Padmaite

Formula: PdBiSe

Origin of name: after localiy Padma River, Karelia, Russia

 

Crystal system: cubic

Crystal class: 432

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Colour: light yellow

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Luster: metallic

Habit: irregular grains to 0.2 mm, as symplectic intergrowths with palladium sulfides

Hardness: 3 to 4

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Cleavage: 2; imperfect in perpendicular directions

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