Proxitwelvefoldite

Pd3Ni4Te8
IMA status
  • Approved
  • Pending publication
IMA symbol
Ptw
Also known as
  • Proxitwelvefoldiet

Where it forms, where it's found

Type locality
Kalgoorlie-Boulder
  1. Kalgoorlie-Boulder Shire
  2. Western Australia
  3. Australia

-30.7460°, 121.4741°

1recorded occurrences
Source · OpenStreetMap

Crystallography

Crystal system
Tetragonal
Space group
P42/mnm
Cell parameters
a = 10.264(1) Å · c = 5.4015(7) Å

Chemical composition

Constituent elements
Mass composition breakdown
ElementAtoms At. mass g/mol Mass g/molMass share
52TeTelluriumTellurium8127.6001020.800
64.82%
46PdPalladiumPalladium3106.420319.260
20.27%
28NiNickelNickel458.693234.772
14.91%
Total1574.832100.00%

Mass share = atoms × atomic mass ÷ molar mass × 100

From Mindat formula

Synonyms

  • Proxitwelvefoldiet

In other languages

German
IMA 2024-034 · Proxitwelvefoldit

Classification

Strunz
10th ed.

2.CC

  • 2Sulfides and SulfosaltsClass
  • 2.CMetal Sulfides, M: S = 1: 1 (and similar)Division
  • 2.CCWith Ni, Fe, Co, PGE, etc.Group
  • 2.CCProxitwelvefolditeSpecies

Literature, links & citation

Citations
  1. Bindi, L., Cabri, L. J., Mihalkovič, M., Laufek, F., and Krivovichev, S.: Proxitwelvefoldite, IMA 2024-034, in: CNMNC Newsletter 81, Eur. J. Mineral., 36, https://doi.org/10.5194/ejm-36-917-2024, 2024.
  2. 1983Yakel, H. L. (1983) Atom distributions in sigma phases. I. Fe and Cr atom distributions in a binary sigma phase equilibrated at 1063, 1013 and 923 K. Acta Crystallographica Section B Structural Science, 39 (1) 20-28 doi:10.1107/s0108768183001974DOI: 10.1107/s0108768183001974
  3. 2024Bindi, Luca, Cabri, Louis J, Mihalkovič, Marek, Laufek, Frantisek, Krivovichev, Sergey V (2024) Discovery of an Earthborn quasicrystal approximant. American Mineralogist.
Cite this entry
@misc{mineral2026,
  author    = {Mineral Index editorial board},
  title     = {Proxitwelvefoldite — Mineral Index},
  year      = {2026},
  url       = {https://mineralindex.org/minerals/proxitwelvefoldite-471418},
  note      = {Accessed 2026-05-11}
}