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Borovskite Mineral Data
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General Borovskite Information
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 Chemical Formula: |
Pd3SbTe4 |
| Composition: |
Molecular Weight = 951.41 gm |
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Antimony 12.80 % Sb |
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Tellurium 53.65 % Te |
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Palladium 33.56 % Pd |
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100.00 % |
| Empirical Formula: |
Pd3SbTe4 |
| Environment: |
In massive pentlandite-chalcopyrite-pyrrhotite ores of hydrothermal origin. |
| IMA Status: |
Approved IMA 1973 |
| Locality: |
From the Khautovaarsk Cu-Ni deposit, Karelian ASSR, USSR. Link to MinDat.org Location Data. |
| Name Origin: |
For Igor Borisovich Borovskii, Russian pioneer in microprobe analysis. |
| Name Pronunciation: |
Borovskite + Pronunciation  |
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