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Sobolevskite Mineral Data
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General Sobolevskite Information
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 Chemical Formula: |
PdBi |
| Composition: |
Molecular Weight = 315.40 gm |
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Bismuth 66.26 % Bi |
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Palladium 33.74 % Pd |
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100.00 % |
| Empirical Formula: |
PdBi |
| Environment: |
In massive and disseminated mooihoekite-chalcopyrite, troilite=pyrrotite, adn chalcopyrite-cubanite ores. |
| IMA Status: |
Approved IMA 1975 |
| Locality: |
Oktyabr mine, Talnakh area, Noril'sk, Siberia, Russia. Link to MinDat.org Location Data. |
| Name Origin: |
Named for Petr Grigorevich Sobolevski (1781-1841), Russian metallurgist, who studied the platinum deposits of the Ural Mountains. |
| Name Pronunciation: |
Sobolevskite + Pronunciation  |
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