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Palladium vs Rustenburgite - What's the difference?

palladium | rustenburgite |

As nouns the difference between palladium and rustenburgite

is that palladium is a safeguard from a statue of Athena that was believed to safeguard the ancient city of Troy while rustenburgite is an isometric-hexoctahedral tin white mineral containing palladium, platinum, and tin.

palladium

English

(wikipedia palladium)

Etymology 1

The sense of "safeguard" comes from (etyl) Palladium (the image of Pallas that protected Troy), from (etyl) , an alternative name for Athena.

Noun

(palladia)
  • A safeguard (from a statue of Athena that was believed to safeguard the ancient city of Troy).
  • * Blackstone
    • The trial by jury is the Palladium of our civil rights.

    Etymology 2

    The element was named after , an asteroid that had been discovered two years before the element.

    Noun

    (-)
  • A metallic chemical element (symbol Pd) with an atomic number of 46.
    • Derived terms
    * dioxide of palladium * pallad- * palladic * palladiferous * palladio- * palladious, palladous * palladium chloride * palladium cyanide * palladium dichloride * palladium dinitrate * palladium hydride * palladiumise, palladiumize * palladium nitrate * protoxide of palladium
    Related terms
    * Pallas

    rustenburgite

    English

    Noun

  • (mineralogy) An isometric-hexoctahedral tin white mineral containing palladium, platinum, and tin.

    • References

    * Rustenburgite in the Mineralogy Database: [http://webmineral.com/data/Rustenburgite.shtml]