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Oosterboschite from
Hope's Nose, Torquay, Torbay, Devon, England, UK


Locality type:Headland
Classification
Species:Oosterboschite
Formula:(Pd,Cu)7Se5
Comments:"The mineral has also been identified, as a single anhedral 25 mm-sized grain, from Hope’s Nose, Torquay, Devon, England where it is associated with native gold, chrisstanleyite Ag2Pd3Se4, oosterboschite(?), unnamed Pd2HgSe3 [= tilkerodeite] and cerussite." (Roberts et al., 2002)
Confirmation
Validity:Unconfirmed/Questioned
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Oosterboschite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Hope's Nose, Torquay, Torbay, Devon, England, UK
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:1672136
Long-form Identifier:1:3:1672136:2
GUID (UUID V4):0
References
Roberts, Andrew C., Paar, Werner H., Cooper, Mark A., Topa, Dan, Criddle, Alan J., Jedwab, J. (2002) Verbeekite, monoclinic PdSe2, a new mineral from the Musonoi Cu-Co-Mn-U mine, near Kolwezi, Shaba Province, Democratic Republic of Congo. Mineralogical Magazine, 66 (1) 173-179 doi:10.1180/0026461026610020
 
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