Locality type: | Deposit |
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Species: | Merenskyite |
Formula: | PdTe2 |
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Validity: | Believed Valid |
Data |
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Mineral Data: | Click here to view Merenskyite data |
Locality Data: | Click here to view Abu Swayel Cu-Ni deposit, Wadi Haimur, Wadi Allaqi District, Red Sea Governorate, Egypt |
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Mindat Occurrence Record ID: | 630783 |
Long-form Identifier: | 1:3:630783:7 |
GUID (UUID V4): | 7854fbf6-9efb-4e77-ac88-31de6ecde9a9 |
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| | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | Aberra Mogessie Gabbro Akarem, Eastern Desert, Egypt: Cu±Ni±PGE mineralization in a concentrically zoned...olivine±plagioclase hornblendite and plagioclase hornblendite. Cu±Ni±PGE mineralization is closely associated with peridotite...Platinum-group minerals (PGM) documented from the deposit are: merenskyite (PdTe2) and michenerite (PdTeBi), as well...well as palladian bismuthian melonite (Ni,Pd) (Te,Bi)2. These minerals occur in intimate association...redistribution of PGE. Mineralized samples show Ni/Cu ratios ranging from 0.2 to 2 with an average of |
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