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<journal-id journal-id-type="archive">gsminmag</journal-id>
<journal-title>Mineralogical Magazine</journal-title>
<abbrev-journal-title abbrev-type="full">Mineralogical Magazine</abbrev-journal-title>
<issn pub-type="ppub">0026-461X</issn>
<publisher>
<publisher-name>Mineralogical Society</publisher-name>
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<article-id pub-id-type="doi">10.1180/minmag.1982.046.340.13</article-id>
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<article-title>Palladium Minerals from Hope's Nose, Torquay, Devon</article-title>
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<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname>Clark</surname>
<given-names>A. M.</given-names>
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<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname>Criddle</surname>
<given-names>A. J.</given-names>
</name></contrib>
<aff>Department of Mineralogy, British Museum (Natural History), Cromwell Road, London SW7 5BD</aff></contrib-group>
<pub-date pub-type="ppub">
<month>9</month>
<year>1982</year>
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<volume>46</volume>
<issue>340</issue>
<fpage>371</fpage>
<lpage>377</lpage>
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<date date-type="received">
<day>24</day>
<month>9</month>
<year>1981</year>
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<copyright-statement>Copyright &#x00A9; 1982, The Mineralogical Society</copyright-statement>
<copyright-year>1982</copyright-year>
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<title>Abstract</title>
<p>Two palladium arsenide-antimonides have been found as small inclusions associated with native gold at Hope's Nose. One of the minerals has been identified as isomertieite; the other is chemically very similar to mertieite-II (Cabri <italic>et al.</italic>, 1975). Electron probe microanalysis gives the formula of the isomertieite as (Pd<sub>10.89</sub> Au<sub>0.08</sub>Cu<sub>0.03</sub>)<sub>&#x03A3;11.00</sub>(Sb<sub>2.01</sub>As<sub>1.99</sub>)<sub>&#x03A3;4.00</sub> and of mertieite II as (Pd<sub>7.90</sub>Au<sub>0.07</sub>Cu<sub>0.01</sub>)<sub>&#x03A3;7.98</sub>(Sb<sub>2.43</sub>As<sub>0.59</sub>)<sub>&#x03A3;3.02</sub>. The relectance spectra of isomertieite in air and in oil at intervals of 10 nm from 400&#x2013;700 nm are tabulated. The luminance values of the Hope's Nose isomertieite are 55.5 % in air and 42.5% in oil. The type specimen of isomertieite from Itabira, Minas Gerais, Brazil, has been re-examined; a new electron probe analysis is given and improved reflectance spectra are tabulated. The latter gives luminance values of 54.3% in air and 41.3% in oil.</p></abstract>
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