Jagueite

Jagüéite – Cu2Pd3Se4
Elements: Copper, Palladium, Selenium
Class: Sulfides
Crystal System: Monoclinic
Hardness: 5
Apatite
Talc (1)Diamond (10)
About as hard as a steel knife blade.
Origin: El Chire Prospect, General Lamadrid Dept. La Rioja Province – Argentina
Did you know?

Jagueite, from a remote village in the Argentine Andes, carries a quiet bit of cosmic poetry in its formula: it pairs palladium and selenium, two elements named for the asteroid Pallas and for the Moon.