General Information:
Chemical Formula:
Pd20Te7
Composition:
(Molecular Weight = 3,021.60 gm)
Tellurium 29.56 % Te
Palladium 70.44 % Pd
Empirical Formula:
Pd20Te7
Environment:
Cummulate ultra-mafic hosted sulfide mineralization.
IMA Status:
Approved IMA 1979
Locality:
Stillwater Pt-Pd J-M reef complex, Nye County, Montana, USA.
Name Origin:
Named for Keith Conn (1923), U.S. Geologist who investigated the Stillwater Complex, Nye, Montana, USA.
Physical Properties:
Color:
gray white.
Density:
10.16
Diaphaniety:
Opaque
Hardness:
5 - Apatite
Luster:
Metallic
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