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Name: Vysotskite
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IMA Chemistry: PdS
Chemistry Elements: The mineral Vysotskite contains elements:
Palladium (Pd)
Sulfur (S)
Country of Type Locality: Russia
Year First Published: 1962
IMA Status: Approved,Redefined
Status Notes: Genkin A D, Zvygintsev O E (1962) Vysotskite, a new sulfide of palladium and nickel, Zapiski Vsesoyuznogo Mineralogicheskogo Obshchestva 91(6), 718-725 Chemical formula changed from (Pd,Ni)S: Cabri L J, McDonald A M (2023) Mineralogy of Pt-Pd sulfides: The redefinition of braggite and vysotskite (with comments on the extent of solid solution in the PtS–PdS binary). The Canadian Journal of Mineralogy and Petrology 61, 167-175
Structural Group Name:  
Fleischer's Group Name: cooperite
Crystal Systems: tetragonal
Oldest Known Age: 3100 Million Years Ago
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