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| | CDN Resource Laboratories - Platinum Standards CDN-PGMS-1 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-07) |
 | | The mineralogy of the Stillwater Pt/Pd ore consists of up to 1 % sulphides comprising chalcopyrite, pentlandite, pyrrhotite, ± pyrite hosted by a chromite-rich ultramafic layer. |
 | | The main platinum–bearing minerals are Braggite (Pt,Pd,Ni)S, Cooperite (Pt, Pd,Ni)S as well as Isoferroplatinum (PtFe3) and Moncheite (Pt,Pd)(Te,Bi)2. |
 | | The majority of the palladium is hosted as solid solution within the pendlandite ((Fe,Ni)9S8); less then 15 % as Vysotskite (Pd,Ni,Pt)S, Bragite, Cooperite and Moncheite. |
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