LOCALITY-MINE		DISTRICT-STATE			COUNTRY
Itabira			Minas Gerais			Brazil

			ROCK-ORE TYPE			COLLECTION
			Banded Iron Formation		ULB
		
COMPOUND-NAME: Palladinite comformable with hematite and palladinite 
               developped on isomertieite.

A-B-C: Polished section. Palladinite comformable with hematite
A: RLM-oil. Note the nearly equal reflectance of palladinite and hematite.
B: SEM-BS. Palladinite is easily distinguished from hematite.
C: SEM-BS-low contrast. Light-grey spots: ?

CODE : Murl. 32