Brassy inclusions of the extremely rare Pd-Sb-Te mineral borovskite in pyrrothite from the TL in Karelia, Russia (Khautovaara, Suoyarvi, Karelia Republic, Russian Federation), and only one of the few known localities worldwide. Ex Vandenbroucke Museum collection from Waregem, Belgium. — Photo: David Hospital · CC BY-SA 4.0
Borovskite
Borovskite is an IMA-recognized mineral species in the sulfosalt class, with the chemical formula Pd₃SbTe₄.
It crystallizes in the cubic crystal system.
Key properties: specific gravity 8.25; Metallic. Anisotropism: Isotropic to slightly anisotropic. R: n.d luster.
IMA symbol Bvk, IMA status: approved, named in 1972.
Found in massive pentlandite-chalcopyrite-pyrrhotite ores of hydrothermal origin.
It is found associated with Pyrrhotite, chalcopyrite, altaite, pentlandite.
The mineral was named to honor Igor Borisovich Borovskii (1909–1985), Russian pioneer in microprobe analysis, Institute of Geology of Ore Deposits, Petrology, Mineralogy, and Geochemistry, Moscow.