Tags: Chemical Substance, Mineral.
Braggite is a sulfide mineral of platinum palladium and nickel with chemical formula: (Pt Pd Ni)S. It is a dense (specific gravity of 10) steel grey opaque mineral which crystallizes in the tetragonal crystal system. It is the central member in the platinum group end-members cooperite and vysotskite.It was first described in 1932 for an occurrence in the Bushveld Igneous Complex of South Africa.