skaergaardite
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Skaergaardite is an intermetallic platinum group mineral with the general chemical formula PdCu. The mineral is named after its discovery location: the Skaergaard intrusion, Kangerdlugssuaq area, East Greenland. The mineral name was approved by the International Mineralogical Association in 2003. The mineral has also been reported in the Duluth intrusion in Minnesota and the Rum layered intrusion in Scotland.
Wikidata facts
- Subclass of
- native element mineral
- Named after
- Skaergaard intrusion
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- Nickel-Strunz '10th ed', review of (9th ed/ 2009 update)
- 1.AG.45
- Nickel-Strunz 9th edition (updated 2009)
- 1.AG.45
- type locality (geology)
- Skaergaard intrusion
- streak color
- black
- crystal system
- cubic crystal system
- chemical formula
- PdCu
- IMA Mineral Symbol
- Skg
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Skaergaardite is an intermetallic platinum group mineral with the general chemical formula PdCu. The mineral is named after its discovery location: the Skaergaard intrusion, Kangerdlugssuaq area, East Greenland. The mineral name was approved by the International Mineralogical Association in 2003. The mineral has also been reported in the Duluth intrusion in Minnesota and the Rum layered intrusion in Scotland.
==Occurrence==
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