Origin of the Pd-Rich Pentlandite in the Massive Sulfide Ores of the Talnakh Deposit, Norilsk Region, Russia

• Published in: Minerals
• Main Authors: Valery Kalugin, Viktor Gusev, Nadezhda Tolstykh, Andrey Lavrenchuk, Elena Nigmatulina
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute 2021
• Subjects: Talnakh deposit; massive sulfide ore; Pd-rich pentlandite; fluid; Norilsk; Talnakh; norilsk
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.3390/min11111258

Pd-rich pentlandite (PdPn) along with ore-forming pentlandite (Pn) occurs in the cubanite and chalcopyrite massive sulfide ores in the EM-7 well of the Southern-2 ore body of the Talnakh deposit. PdPn forms groups of small grains and comprises marginal areas in large crystals of Pn. The palladium co...