A lot of steel grey very small grains of the extremely rare Pd-Cu-S-Te mineral vasilite from the type locality in Bulgaria (Konstantinovo (Novoseltsi), Kameno Municipality, Burgas Province, Bulgaria) and associated to minoritary gold nuggets. Ex Vandenbroucke Museum collection from Waregem, Belgium. — Photo: David Hospital · CC BY-SA 4.0
Vasilite
Vasilite is an IMA-recognized mineral species in the sulfide class, with the chemical formula (Pd,Cu)₁₆(S,Te)₇.
It crystallizes in the cubic crystal system (space group I-43m).
IMA symbol Vs, IMA status: approved, named in 1989.
Index entry. This entry combines official IMA/RRUFF species data with published physical-property data — a full written entry hasn’t been published yet.
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