Palladium, iridium, and gold in the ores and host rocks of
Both palladium and platinum are distinctly lower than in average ore from the Merensky Reef. Palladium ranges from 5,000 ppb in highgrade massive ores with 20 weight percent nickel to ppb in unmineralized ultramafic rocks; iridium varies from 1,000 to 3 ppb in the same rocks.