Category Telluride mineral Strunz classification 2.EA.20 Space group P3m1 | Formula
(repeating unit) (Pd,Pt)(Te,Bi)2 Crystal system Trigonal | |
Crystal class Hexagonal scalenohedral (3m)
H-M symbol: (3m) | ||
Merenskyite is a rare telluride / bismuthinide mineral with formula: (Pd,Pt)(Te,Bi)2. It is an opaque white to light gray metallic mineral that occurs as inclusions within other minerals such as chalcopyrite. It crystallizes in the trigonal crystal system.
It was first described in 1966 for an occurrence in the Merensky Reef of the Western Bushveld Igneous Complex, South Africa, and named for South African geologist Hans Merensky (1871–1952).
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