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Bustamite

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Description
Locality: 
Broken Hill, New South Wales, Australia
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Small miniature (3-4.5 cm)
Size: 
3.5 × 2.9 × 2.5 cm
Largest Crystal: 
2.00cm
Description

A well terminated, excellent crystal of bustamite on typically matrix and accompanied by less galena. This is a typically, undamaged and contrastful specimen of deep meat-coloured bustamite and white calcite. A good piece from an abandoned  and also most famous Australian locality.

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
Wendel Minerals

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