General Pasavaite Information
|
 Chemical Formula: |
Pd3Pb2Te2 |
| Composition: |
Molecular Weight = 989.23 gm |
| |
Tellurium 26.06 % Te |
| |
Palladium 31.84 % Pd |
| |
Lead 42.10 % Pb |
| |
______ |
| |
100.00 % |
| Empirical Formula: |
Pd2.96Pb2.01Te2.02 |
| Environment: |
Inclustions in polarite grains. Shandite group. |
| IMA Status: |
Approved IMA 2007 (Dana # Added) |
| Locality: |
Talnakh deposit, Noril�sk-Talnakh camp, Taimyr Autonomous District, Siberia, Russia. Link to MinDat.org Location Data. |
| Name Origin: |
Named for Jan Pasava, in recognition of his important contributions to the geochemistry of platinum-group elements in anoxic environments and related ore deposits. |
| Synonym: |
IMA2007-059 |
| |
