| Name: | Borishanskiite Bhk |
| IMA Chemistry: | Pd1+x(As,Pb)2 (x = 0.0-0.2) |
| Chemistry Elements: | The mineral Borishanskiite contains elements: Palladium (Pd) Arsenic (As) Lead (Pb) |
| Country of Type Locality: | Russia |
| Year First Published: | 1974 |
| IMA Status: | Discredited |
| Status Notes: | Razin L V, Dubakina L S, Meshchankina V I, Begizov V D (1975) Borishanskiite - a new plumboarsenide of palladium for the copper-nickel sulfides ores of the Talnakh differentiated intrusive, Zapiski Vsesoyuznogo Mineralogicheskogo Obshchestva 104(1), 57-61 Discredited as being identical to polarite: Cabri L J, Mcdonald A M, Evstigneeva T L (2023) Discreditation of borishanskiite as a mineral species (= polarite, PdPb). The Canadian Journal of Mineralogy and Petrology 61, 1031-1038 |
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| Crystal Systems: | orthorhombic |
| Oldest Known Age: | 246.9 Million Years Ago |
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