Atokite Mineral Gallery

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Atokite: (Pd,Pt)3Sn  
Palarstanide: Pd8(Sn,As)3

Comments: Polished Section (PPL) showing light gray euhedral palarstanide (P) surrounded by white atokite (A) in light brownish cubanite (C).
Location: Talnakh, Ural, Russia. Scale: Picture Size 0.14 mm.
© Thomas Witzke

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Atokite: (Pd,Pt)3Sn  
Taimyrite: (Pd,Cu,Pt)3Sn

Comments: Photomicrograph (oil immersion) of atokite and taimyrite intergrowth inside tetraauricupride reaction rim on Pt-Fe alloy. Outlined section shows atokite relics within taimyrite. (CanMin, v 42, p 610).
Location: Kondyor PGE placer, Khabarovskiy Kray, eastern Siberia, Russia,. Scale: See Image.
© Canadian Mineralogist

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Atokite: (Pd,Pt)3Sn  
Sobolevskite: PdBi

Comments: Back-scattered electron image showing a) intergrowth of atokite, mertieite-II [Pd8Sb3] and telluroan sobolevskite [(Pd,Pt)(Bi,Te)] within tetra-auricupride rim. (CanMin, v 42, p 611).
Location: Kondyor PGE placer, Khabarovskiy Kray, eastern Siberia, Russia. Scale: See Image.
© Canadian Mineralogist

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Atokite: (Pd,Pt)3Sn  
Palarstanide: Pd8(Sn,As)3

Comments: Polished Section (PPL) showing light gray euhedral palarstanide (P) surrounded by white atokite (A) in light brownish cubanite (C).
Location: Talnakh, Ural, Russia. Scale: Picture Size 0.14 mm.
© Thomas Witzke

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Atokite: (Pd,Pt)3Sn  
Taimyrite: (Pd,Cu,Pt)3Sn

Comments: Photomicrograph (oil immersion) of atokite and taimyrite intergrowth inside tetraauricupride reaction rim on Pt-Fe alloy. Outlined section shows atokite relics within taimyrite. (CanMin, v 42, p 610).
Location: Kondyor PGE placer, Khabarovskiy Kray, eastern Siberia, Russia,. Scale: See Image.
© Canadian Mineralogist

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Atokite: (Pd,Pt)3Sn  
Sobolevskite: PdBi

Comments: Back-scattered electron image showing a) intergrowth of atokite, mertieite-II [Pd8Sb3] and telluroan sobolevskite [(Pd,Pt)(Bi,Te)] within tetra-auricupride rim. (CanMin, v 42, p 611).
Location: Kondyor PGE placer, Khabarovskiy Kray, eastern Siberia, Russia. Scale: See Image.
© Canadian Mineralogist