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![Photomicrographs (oil immersion) of Pd-bearing oxide/hydrated oxide phases developed within mertieite-II grains: (a) Slightly deformed mertieite-II grain (light grey) with a sheet-like texture. The dark-grey to black colour corresponds to cavities and voids along the cleavage planes partly filled with Pd-O-bearing phases, Sample K7. (b) Idiomorphic hexagonal inclusion filled by hydrated cassiterite (varlamoffite?) in (c) mertieite-II matrix (m) with micronsized white idiomorphic inclusions of sperrylite [PtAs2]. The dark grey to grey colour represents cavities in the mertieite-II matrix, Sample K7. (c) Enlarged area of sample K7 shows sperrylite inclusions (bluish) in mertieite-II matrix (light grey) with Pd-O-bearing phases (dark grey) along cleavage planes. (d) Part of the mertieite-II grain (light grey) containing Pd oxides/hydrated oxides (dark blue) and cavities (black). (e) Part of the mertieite-II grain (light grey) in glue (g) with rim of goethite (gö). In between the mertieite-II matrix and the goethite rim is an intergrowth of a braggite-cooperite solid solution [(Pt,Pd)S] with Pt-Pd-Hg alloy. Light-grey elongated stripes are Pd-bearing oxides/hydrated oxides. Black colour indicates cavities, Sample Dr2. (f) Enlarged area of mertieite-II (Sample Dr2), which shows a large Pd-O-bearing aggregate along with thinner analogues (black) with bluish idiomorphic inclusions of sperrylite and micron-sized yellowish inclusion of Au-Ag alloy; (g) Elongated thin stripes of Pd oxides/hydrated oxides (Sample Dr2). (h) Pd-bearing oxides/hydrated oxides (dark grey) in mertieite-II matrix. The large black inclusion is a cavity. Red box delineates back-scattered electron image in Fig. 5. (Sample Dr1).]()
![Backscattered electron images of PGMs in the Viol-Mlr-Py-Ccp assemblage (Style 2). (A) Lath-shaped moncheite crystal included in chalcopyrite. (B) Hexagonal palladium associated with magnetite. (C) Anhedral palladium and mertieite-I at the edge of violarite. (D–E) Anhedral mertieite-I at the edge of millerite and violarite. (F) Mertieite-I, irarsite, and Pd-Hg-As associated with violarite and magnetite. Abbreviations: Py – pyrite; Vio – violarite; Mlr – millerite; Cp – chalcopyrite; Mgt – magnetite.]()
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![Dispersion curves for mertieite at the four Commission of Ore Mineralogy wavelengths.]()
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![Paragenesis of PGM (BSE images). (a) Grains of unnamed phase (Pd,Au)7(As,Sn,Sb)3 intergrown with sperrylite chlorite (chl); (b) inclusions of sperrylite and gold (Au,A) in mertieite-II; (c) intergrowths of isomertieite Pd8Sb2As2, sperrylite and hollingworthite; (d) menshikovite Pd3Ni2As3 in intergrowths with palladoarsenide Pd2As; (e) grains of sperrylite PtAs2 intergrown with hollingworthite RhAsS, palladoarsenide Pd2As, unnamed phase (Pd,Au)7(As,Sn)3, palladoarsenide, pentlandite and chlorite; (f) multiphase grain composed of sperrylite, palladoarsenide, tetraferroplatinum Pt(Fe,Cu,Ni), hongshiite Pt(Cu,Pd) and vincentite Pd3(As,Sb) including Au,Ag; (g) grain of vincentite Pd3(As,Te,Sn) with inclusions of atokite (Pd,Pt)3(Sn,As,Te), palarstanide (Pd,Pt)5(Sn,As,Te)2 and Pt–Fe alloy; (h) intergrowths of Sn analogue of mertieite-I, atokite and moncheite PtTe2; (i) intergrowths of Sn analogue of mertieite-I and atokite; (j) intergrowths of the As analogue of mertieite-I and (Pt,Pd)3Fe; (k) intergrowths of the Te analogue of vincentite and Pt–Fe alloy; (l) intergrowths of Pt,Fe with chalcopyrite, sperrylite and vysotskite (Pd,Ni)S.]()
![Mertieite-II crystal partially altered to a Pd-Cu-Fe-Mn-Hg-O phase (possibly hydroxide) within hematite laths (grey). The white grain included in mertieite-II is gold with 6.3 wt.% Ag, 0.5 wt.% Pd and 0.5 wt.% Fe. Note the limited mobility of palladium. See Tables 1 (column 1) and 2 (column 4) for microprobe analyses. (Image 0.15 mm wide.)]()
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![Reflected light photomicrographs and BSE images of the main aspects of the Buraco do Ouro ore minerals (in all cases, the white bar represents 0.1 mm). (a) Paraguanajuatite (Pg) associated with kalungaite (Ka), isomertieite (Iso) and clausthalite (Cla); note the inclusion of gold (Au) in the kalungaite grain. (b) Gold and paraguanajuatite association. (c) Association between kalungaite and paraguanajuatite with clausthalite inclusions. (d) Typical agglomerate of clausthalite, kalungaite, padmaite (Pad) and sperrylite (Sp) with symplectic intergrowths among paraguanajuatite, chalcopyrite (Ccp) and isomertieite and/or mertieite II (Mer) and among paraguanajuatite, covellite (Cv) and isomertieite and/or mertieite II. (e) BSE image of the association in (d). (f) Association between gold and a grain of paraguanajuatite intergrown with clausthalite, with sperrylite inclusions; note the optical similarity between paraguanajuatite and the Pb-Bi-Se phase. (g) BSE image of the association in (f); the intergrowth between paraguanajuatite and clausthalite can be better observed in this image. (h) Paraguanajuatite partially replaced by the Ag-rich phase (grey). (i) Paraguanajuatite partially replaced by krutaite (Kr). (j) Native gold with sperrylite inclusions. (k) Roundish kalungaite inclusion in a gold grain. (l) Symplectic intergrowth between isomertieite and/or mertieite II and gold. (m) Paraguanajuatite enveloped entirely by kalungaite and gold associated with paraguanajuatite as irregular adjacent grains or roundish inclusions. (n) Symplectic intergrowth between chalcopyrite and isomertieite and/or mertieite II associated with a kalungaite grain containing sperrylite inclusions. (o) Uraninite (Urn) associated with padmaite and paraguanajuatite. (p) BSE image showing uraninite associated with paraguanajuatite, kalungaite and gold; note the roundish inclusion of gold in kalungaite domain. Gangue minerals: quartz (Qtz) and muscovite (Ms).]()
![The comparison of the pnictogen nets in mertieite-II and arsenopalladinite.]()
![Coordination polyhedrons of the mertieite-II structure.]()
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Re-Evaluation of the Nomenclature of Mertieite Available to Purchase
Publisher: Mineralogical Association of Canada
Published: 05 June 2025
The Canadian Journal of Mineralogy and Petrology (2025) 63 (3): 217–221.
...Louis J. Cabri; Andrew M. McDonald § Corresponding author e-mail address : [email protected] 20 2 2025 19 3 2025 2025 Platinum-group mineral nomenclature mertieite “pseudomertieite” “mertieite I” “mertieite II” redefinition USNM #132499 and #132500...
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The crystal structure of arsenopalladinite, Pd 8 As 2.5 Sb 0.5 , and its relation to mertieite-II, Pd 8 Sb 2.5 As 0.5 Available to Purchase
Journal: Mineralogical Magazine
Published: 28 August 2020
Mineralogical Magazine (2020) 84 (5): 746–752.
.... Although arsenopalladinite shows characteristics very similar (nets of the same topology) to the closely-related mineral mertieite-II, Pd 8 Sb 2.5 As 0.5 , it has a different stacking sequence. * Author for correspondence: Oxana V. Karimova, Email: [email protected] Associate Editor...
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Mertieite-II, Pd 8 Sb 2.5 As 0.5 , crystal-structure refinement and formula revision Open Access
Journal: Mineralogical Magazine
Published: 01 May 2018
Mineralogical Magazine (2018) 82 (S1): S247–S257.
...O. V. Karimova; A. A. Zolotarev; T. L. Evstigneeva; B. S. Johanson ABSTRACT The crystal structure of the mineral mertieite-II from the Kaarreoja River, Inari commune, Finnish Lapland, Finland, was refined to R 1 = 0.0222 (I) and 0.0228 (II) on the basis of X-ray diffraction data collected from two...
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Pd-bearing oxides and hydrated oxides in mertieite-II crystals from alluvial sediments of the Darya river, Aldan Shield, Russia Available to Purchase
Journal: Mineralogical Magazine
Published: 01 December 2005
Mineralogical Magazine (2005) 69 (6): 981–994.
...G. G. Shcheka; B. Lehmann; A. N. Solianik Abstract Coarse-grained mertieite-II [Pd 8 (Sb,As) 3 ] crystals (up to 2.5 mm across) with inclusions of sperrylite and intergrown with keithconnite [Pd 3 (Te,Bi)], cooperite-braggite, a Pt-Pd-Hg alloy, a (Pd,Pt) 9 Te phase and Au-Ag alloy occur in alluvial...
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Euhedral crystals of ferroan platinum, cooperite and mertieite-II from alluvial sediments of the Darya river, Aldan Shield, Russia Available to Purchase
Journal: Mineralogical Magazine
Published: 01 December 2004
Mineralogical Magazine (2004) 68 (6): 871–885.
...G. G. Shcheka; A. N. Solianik; B. Lehmann; A. Bieniok; G. Amthauer; D. Topa; J. H. G. Laflamme Abstract Idiomorphic crystals (up to 3.5 mm) of ferroan platinum, cooperite and mertieite-II were found in a heavy-mineral concentrate from stream sediments of the Darya river in the Aldan Shield, Russia...
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Mertieite, a new palladium mineral from Goodnews Bay, Alaska Available to Purchase
Journal: American Mineralogist
Publisher: Mineralogical Society of America
Published: 01 February 1973
American Mineralogist (1973) 58 (1-2): 1–10.
...George A. Desborough; J. J. Finney; B. F. Leonard Abstract Precious-metal placer concentrates provided by John B. Mertie, Jr., and obtained from the Goodnews Bay Mining Company carry a new palladium mineral, mertieite, that has the approximate composition Pd 5 (Sb, As) 2 and contains 0–2.5 weight...
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![Photomicrographs (oil immersion) of Pd-bearing oxide/hydrated oxide phases developed within mertieite-II grains: (a) Slightly deformed mertieite-II grain (light grey) with a sheet-like texture. The dark-grey to black colour corresponds to cavities and voids along the cleavage planes partly filled with Pd-O-bearing phases, Sample K7. (b) Idiomorphic hexagonal inclusion filled by hydrated cassiterite (varlamoffite?) in (c) mertieite-II matrix (m) with micronsized white idiomorphic inclusions of sperrylite [PtAs2]. The dark grey to grey colour represents cavities in the mertieite-II matrix, Sample K7. (c) Enlarged area of sample K7 shows sperrylite inclusions (bluish) in mertieite-II matrix (light grey) with Pd-O-bearing phases (dark grey) along cleavage planes. (d) Part of the mertieite-II grain (light grey) containing Pd oxides/hydrated oxides (dark blue) and cavities (black). (e) Part of the mertieite-II grain (light grey) in glue (g) with rim of goethite (gö). In between the mertieite-II matrix and the goethite rim is an intergrowth of a braggite-cooperite solid solution [(Pt,Pd)S] with Pt-Pd-Hg alloy. Light-grey elongated stripes are Pd-bearing oxides/hydrated oxides. Black colour indicates cavities, Sample Dr2. (f) Enlarged area of mertieite-II (Sample Dr2), which shows a large Pd-O-bearing aggregate along with thinner analogues (black) with bluish idiomorphic inclusions of sperrylite and micron-sized yellowish inclusion of Au-Ag alloy; (g) Elongated thin stripes of Pd oxides/hydrated oxides (Sample Dr2). (h) Pd-bearing oxides/hydrated oxides (dark grey) in mertieite-II matrix. The large black inclusion is a cavity. Red box delineates back-scattered electron image in Fig. 5. (Sample Dr1).](https://gsw.silverchair-cdn.com/gsw/Content_public/Journal/minmag/69/6/10.1180_0026461056960303/4/s_06-01.jpeg?Expires=2147483647&Signature=YKRTiLdL1n3maMvkamzqciUWUeTJj~o18DE8L5zTz-bIJK-UzNti8M4GZE2mlm-Pz2tj3H1Z4KWGEXmSryMiCWNzjb8J~Um8vtuLlgvPaDymeQPvgTmBJOit5Abz~~eKn3yJs2rWA2vtcwaMsjbbcZRNGwsqtUdWDqFJoBvg5hKCoiMvjNyAMU2jbqG-02wH9x3N9bIRPu2zH99p82nEhlKKX8xLbBn8UVb2NppQk7me-Yq2Iytk0MyEiyO8sNLDoGC61xQIiv1WAvW8cGe89yNMiQb1bNeaOLTF6fdsjgr-gclxyxs4zgI7E083e0bF7BpE9ISrGOviSuengCPnCQ__&Key-Pair-Id=APKAIE5G5CRDK6RD3PGA)
Photomicrographs (oil immersion) of Pd-bearing oxide/hydrated oxide phases ... Available to Purchase
in Pd-bearing oxides and hydrated oxides in mertieite-II crystals from alluvial sediments of the Darya river, Aldan Shield, Russia
> Mineralogical Magazine
Published: 01 December 2005
F ig . 1. Photomicrographs (oil immersion) of Pd-bearing oxide/hydrated oxide phases developed within mertieite-II grains: ( a ) Slightly deformed mertieite-II grain (light grey) with a sheet-like texture. The dark-grey to black colour corresponds to cavities and voids along the cleavage planes
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Backscattered electron images of PGMs in the Viol-Mlr-Py-Ccp assemblage (St... Available to Purchase
in Genesis of the Jinbaoshan PGE-(Cu)-(Ni) deposit: Distribution of chalcophile elements and platinum-group minerals
> The Canadian Mineralogist
Published: 13 December 2021
Fig. 7. Backscattered electron images of PGMs in the Viol-Mlr-Py-Ccp assemblage (Style 2). (A) Lath-shaped moncheite crystal included in chalcopyrite. (B) Hexagonal palladium associated with magnetite. (C) Anhedral palladium and mertieite-I at the edge of violarite. (D–E) Anhedral mertieite-I
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CHEMICAL ANALYSES OF TYPE MERTIEITE Available to Purchase
in Re-Evaluation of the Nomenclature of Mertieite
> The Canadian Journal of Mineralogy and Petrology
Published: 05 June 2025
TABLE 1. CHEMICAL ANALYSES OF TYPE MERTIEITE
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Dispersion curves for mertieite at the four Commission of Ore Mineralogy wa... Available to Purchase
in Re-Evaluation of the Nomenclature of Mertieite
> The Canadian Journal of Mineralogy and Petrology
Published: 05 June 2025
Fig. 1. Dispersion curves for mertieite at the four Commission of Ore Mineralogy wavelengths.
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CNMNC guidelines for the nomenclature of polymorphs and polysomes Available to Purchase
Journal: Mineralogical Magazine
Published: 11 April 2023
Mineralogical Magazine (2023) 87 (2): 225–232.
... becomes clinosulphur; mertieite-II becomes mertieite; mertieite-I becomes pseudomertieite; uranophane-α becomes uranophane; uranophane-β becomes parauranophane; gersdorffite- P 2 1 3 becomes gersdorffite; gersdorffite- Pa 3 becomes paragersdorffite; gersdorffite- Pca 2 1 becomes orthogersdorffite...
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Genesis of the Jinbaoshan PGE-(Cu)-(Ni) deposit: Distribution of chalcophile elements and platinum-group minerals Available to Purchase
Journal: The Canadian Mineralogist
Publisher: Mineralogical Association of Canada
Published: 13 December 2021
The Canadian Mineralogist (2021) 59 (6): 1511–1542.
...Fig. 7. Backscattered electron images of PGMs in the Viol-Mlr-Py-Ccp assemblage (Style 2). (A) Lath-shaped moncheite crystal included in chalcopyrite. (B) Hexagonal palladium associated with magnetite. (C) Anhedral palladium and mertieite-I at the edge of violarite. (D–E) Anhedral mertieite-I...
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Paragenesis of PGM (BSE images). ( a ) Grains of unnamed phase (Pd,Au) 7 (A... Available to Purchase
in The evolution of the ore-forming system in the low sulfide horizon of the Noril’sk 1 intrusion, Russia
> Mineralogical Magazine
Published: 25 July 2019
Fig. 11. Paragenesis of PGM (BSE images). ( a ) Grains of unnamed phase (Pd,Au) 7 (As,Sn,Sb) 3 intergrown with sperrylite chlorite (chl); ( b ) inclusions of sperrylite and gold (Au,A) in mertieite-II; ( c ) intergrowths of isomertieite Pd 8 Sb 2 As 2 , sperrylite and hollingworthite; ( d
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Mertieite-II crystal partially altered to a Pd-Cu-Fe-Mn-Hg-O phase (possibl... Available to Purchase
in Palladium-oxygenated compounds of the Gongo Soco mine, Quadrilátero Ferrífero, central Minas Gerais, Brazil
> Mineralogical Magazine
Published: 01 April 2001
F ig . 6. Mertieite-II crystal partially altered to a Pd-Cu-Fe-Mn-Hg-O phase (possibly hydroxide) within hematite laths (grey). The white grain included in mertieite-II is gold with 6.3 wt.% Ag, 0.5 wt.% Pd and 0.5 wt.% Fe. Note the limited mobility of palladium. See Tables 1 (column 1) and 2
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Occupation of the sites in pnictogen (As/Sb) triangular nets in arsenopalla... Available to Purchase
in The crystal structure of arsenopalladinite, Pd 8 As 2.5 Sb 0.5 , and its relation to mertieite-II, Pd 8 Sb 2.5 As 0.5
> Mineralogical Magazine
Published: 28 August 2020
Table 6. Occupation of the sites in pnictogen (As/Sb) triangular nets in arsenopalladinite and mertieite-II. Mertieite-II Arsenopalladinite Site Wyckoff symbol Point symmetry Site Wyckoff symbol Point symmetry A net A net T 3 As1 6 b $\bar{3
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Occupation of the sites in pnictogen (As/Sb) triangular nets in arsenopalla... Available to Purchase
in The crystal structure of arsenopalladinite, Pd 8 As 2.5 Sb 0.5 , and its relation to mertieite-II, Pd 8 Sb 2.5 As 0.5
> Mineralogical Magazine
Published: 28 August 2020
Table 6. Occupation of the sites in pnictogen (As/Sb) triangular nets in arsenopalladinite and mertieite-II. Mertieite-II Arsenopalladinite Site Wyckoff symbol Point symmetry Site Wyckoff symbol Point symmetry A net A net T 3 As1 6 b $\bar{3
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Reflected light photomicrographs and BSE images of the main aspects of the ... Available to Purchase
in Ore characterization and textural relationships among gold, selenides, platinum-group minerals and uraninite at the granite-related Buraco do Ouro gold mine, Cavalcante, Central Brazil
> Mineralogical Magazine
Published: 01 June 2017
(Ccp) and isomertieite and/or mertieite II (Mer) and among paraguanajuatite, covellite (Cv) and isomertieite and/or mertieite II. ( e ) BSE image of the association in ( d ). ( f ) Association between gold and a grain of paraguanajuatite intergrown with clausthalite, with sperrylite inclusions; note
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The comparison of the pnictogen nets in mertieite-II and arsenopalladinite.... Available to Purchase
in The crystal structure of arsenopalladinite, Pd 8 As 2.5 Sb 0.5 , and its relation to mertieite-II, Pd 8 Sb 2.5 As 0.5
> Mineralogical Magazine
Published: 28 August 2020
Fig. 6. The comparison of the pnictogen nets in mertieite-II and arsenopalladinite.
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Coordination polyhedrons of the mertieite-II structure. Open Access
in Mertieite-II, Pd 8 Sb 2.5 As 0.5 , crystal-structure refinement and formula revision
> Mineralogical Magazine
Published: 01 May 2018
Fig. 3. Coordination polyhedrons of the mertieite-II structure.
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The evolution of the ore-forming system in the low sulfide horizon of the Noril’sk 1 intrusion, Russia Available to Purchase
Journal: Mineralogical Magazine
Published: 25 July 2019
Mineralogical Magazine (2019) 83 (5): 673–694.
...Fig. 11. Paragenesis of PGM (BSE images). ( a ) Grains of unnamed phase (Pd,Au) 7 (As,Sn,Sb) 3 intergrown with sperrylite chlorite (chl); ( b ) inclusions of sperrylite and gold (Au,A) in mertieite-II; ( c ) intergrowths of isomertieite Pd 8 Sb 2 As 2 , sperrylite and hollingworthite; ( d...
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