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Bustamite

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Bustamite

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Description
Locality: 
Broken Hill, New South Wales, Australia
Class: 
Single Crystal
Size Range: 
Small miniature (3-4.5 cm)
Size: 
4.1 × 1.7 × 0.8 cm
Description

A prismatic pinkish orange coloured crystal of bustamite to 4 cm, with a rounded end. Contacted at the side top. Classic Broken Hill material.

Ex. Georges Vanacker*; Ex. Herman Torfs #021.

*Vanackerite (from Tsumeb) is named after him.

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

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