Kalungaite Mineral Data

General Kalungaite Information
Chemical Formula:	PdAsSe
Composition:	Molecular Weight = 258.08 gm
	Bismuth 0.32 % Bi
	Antimony 1.60 % Sb
	Arsenic 27.58 % As
	Palladium 41.48 % Pd
	Selenium 27.78 % Se
	Sulfur 1.23 % S
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	100.00 %
Empirical Formula:	PdAs_0.95Sb_0.03Bi_0.004Se_0.9S_0.09
Environment:	The gold deposit is hosted by a muscovite mylonite related to a E-W trending shear zone in a peraluminous granite of the Aurumina Suite (2.15 Ga), which intrudes graphite-bearing me tasedimentary rocks of the Ticunzal Fo
IMA Status:	Approved IMA 2004 (Dana # Added)
Locality:	Buraco do Ouro gold mine, Cavalcante, Goi�s State, Brazil. Link to MinDat.org Location Data.
Name Origin:	The name is for the Kalunga people, a community of descendants of African slaves living in Cavalcante and nearby towns.
Synonym:	IMA2004-047