Poorly crystalline Pd-Hg-Au intermetallic compounds from Corrego Bom Sucesso, southern Serra do Espinhaco, Brazil

Abstract

For the first time reported Pd-Hg-Au phases recovered from the historical Bom Sucesso alluvium in Brazil. The electron-backscattered diffraction and powder X-ray microdiffraction techniques indicated their poorly crystalline nature.

Keywords

• Minas gerais
• platinum
• hongshiite
• palladium
• alluvium
• potarite
• itabira
• ptcu
• gold