LOCALITY-MINE DISTRICT-STATE COUNTRY Ruwe (Mutoshi) Katanga Congo COMPOUND-NAME ROCK-ORE TYPE COLLECTION Palladinite with residual Eluvial ULB oosterboschite associated with mottramite --------------------------------------------------------------------------------- A: Polished powder mount. RLM-dry. Centre: palladinite grain. Other: mottramite. B: id. RLM-oil. (The differenciation of palladinite from mottramite is possible under oil and crossed nicols: mottramite presents internal reflections and seems glassy, whereas palladinite becomes deep black). C. id. RLM-oil. Dark grey: palladinite. Arrows: residual oosterboschite. CODE: HURL.7 |
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