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Bustamite

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Bustamite

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Description
Locality: 
Broken Hill, New South Wales, Australia
Size Range: 
Thumbnail (1-3cm)
Size: 
2.2 × 1.6 × 1.6 cm
Description

A small single terminated bustamite crystal. No Matrix. No damage. Has been previously glued into a plastic specimen box.

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
Gondwana Minerals