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Palladium-bearing Gold from
Icabarú River placers (Kilometer 88 District), Icabarú, Gran Sabana Municipality, Bolívar, Venezuela


Locality type:Placer
Classification
Species:Native Gold var: Palladium-bearing Gold
Formula:(Au,Pd)
Comments:When Pd contents are around 5-10% the gold is quite brown and these are not. Larger concentrations of Pd produce white gold which these are not, https://www.mindat.org/locentry-928881.html There are specimens from here that look brown enough to qualify, but so far there is only one unconfirmed analysis. Please see:
https://www.mindat.org/mesg-55-118936.html
Confirmation
Validity:Unconfirmed/Questioned
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Palladium-bearing Gold data
Locality Data:Click here to view Icabarú River placers (Kilometer 88 District), Icabarú, Gran Sabana Municipality, Bolívar, Venezuela
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:476132
Long-form Identifier:1:3:476132:7
GUID (UUID V4):0
References
Lavinsky, Rob (n.d.) Specimens previously handled by The Arkenstone.
 
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