Moving mountains for you
Switch currency

Current Live Auctions

Current Live Fixed Price Sales

Bustamite

Views:
Watches:
CAM208362

Bustamite

Description Tabs

Description
Locality: 
Zinc Corporation Mine, Broken Hill, Yancowinna County, New South Wales, Australia
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
5 × 4.8 × 3.5 cm
Largest Crystal: 
1.50cm
Description

A very good bustamite specimen from Broken Hill with well-formed orange-brown crystals up to 1.5 cm in galena matrix.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Bustamite

Formula: 
CaMn2+(Si2O6)
Strunz: 
9.DG.05
Hardness: 
5.5 - 6.5
Streak: 
White
Type Locality: 
Franklin Mine, Franklin, Franklin Mining District, Sussex Co., New Jersey, USA
Cartils Minerals

Seller Information

Payment options: offline, paypal_wpp, paypal_wps