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Bromian Chlorargyrite

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Broken Hill, Yancowinna Co., New South Wales, Australia
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Formula:
Ag(Cl,Br)
Colour:Yellowish greenHardness:1½ - 2
A variety of Chlorargyrite

A Br-bearing variety of chlorargyrite.
Originally reported from Colorado Mine, Copiapó Province, Atacama Region, Chile.

Classification of Bromian Chlorargyrite

Hey's CIM Ref.:8.3.3

8 : Halides - Fluorides, Chlorides, Bromides and Iodides; also Fluoborates and Fluosilicates
3 : Halides of Ag
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Physical Properties of Bromian Chlorargyrite

Lustre:Adamantine, Greasy
Colour:Yellowish green
Streak:White
Hardness (Mohs):1½ - 2

Chemical Properties of Bromian Chlorargyrite

Formula:
Ag(Cl,Br)
Essential elements:Ag, Cl
All elements listed in formula:Ag, Br, Cl

Relationship of Bromian Chlorargyrite to other Species

Related Minerals - Hey's Index Grouping:
8.3.1Chlorargyrite
AgCl
8.3.2Bromargyrite
AgBr
8.3.4Iodargyrite
AgI
8.3.5Miersite
(Ag,Cu)I

Other Names for Bromian Chlorargyrite

Synonyms:
BromchlorargyriteBromclorargyriteChlorobromide of SilverEmboliteIodembolite
MegabromiteMicrobromiteOrthobromitePlata cornea verde
French names:
Chlorobromure d'argent
German names:
BromchlorargyritBromclorargyritChlorbromsilberEmbolitMegabromit
MicrobromitOrthobromit
Russian names:
Эмболит
Spanish names:
BromchlorargyritaBromclorargyritaEmbolitaMegabromitaMicrobromita
Orthobromita

Other Information

Health Warning:No information on health risks for this material has been entered into the database. You should always treat mineral specimens with care.

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    Localities for Bromian Chlorargyrite

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    (TL) indicates type locality. ? indicates mineral may be doubtful at this locality. All other localities listed without reference should be considered as uncertain and unproven until references can be found.
    Argentina
     
    • Mendoza
      • Uspallata
    Australia
     
    • New South Wales
      • Robinson Co.
        • Cobar
          • Cobar
    		L.B. Gilligan and J.G. Byrnes Cobar Metallogenic Map 1:250 000
    http://leme.anu.edu.au/Pubs/Advancesinregolith/Leverett_et_al.pdf
          • Kaloogleguy
    		L.B. Gilligan and J.G. Byrnes Cobar Metallogenic Map 1:250 000
        • Mount Drysdale
          • Moquilamba
    		L.B. Gilligan and J.G. Byrnes Cobar Metallogenic Map 1:250 000
    L.B. Gilligan and J.G. Byrnes Cobar Metallogenic Map 1:250 000
      • Yancowinna Co.
        • Apollyon Valley
    		Mines of the Broken Hill District
    No reference listed
    • Tasmania
      • Zeehan district
        • Zeehan
    		Bottrill & Baker (in prep) Catalogue of minerals of Tasmania
    • Victoria
    		No reference listed
      • St Arnaud
    • Western Australia
      • Pilbara Region
    		CanMin 40:419-433.(2002)
    Chile
     
    • Atacama Region
      • Copiapó Province
        • Cerro Blanco district
          • Yerbas Buenas
    		I. Domeyko collection, Mineralogical Museum in La Serena, Chile
    Palache, Charles, Harry Berman & Clifford Frondel (1951), The System of Mineralogy of James Dwight Dana and Edward Salisbury Dana Yale University 1837-1892, Volume II, John Wiley and Sons, Inc., New York, 7th edition, revised and enlarged, 1124 pp.: 13.
    No reference listed
        • Lomas Bayas district
    		García A.Z. (1917); "Breves apuntes sobre algunos centros mineros principales del Departamento de Copiapó", Edit. La Unión; Valparaíso; Chile.
        • Pabellón
    		The Stratabound Tuff-hosted Elisa de Bordos Silver-Mercury Deposit, Northern Chile; M. Jurgeit & L. Fontbote, in Stratabound Ore Deposits in the Andes, L Fontbote, G.C. Amstutz, M. Cardozo, E. Cedillo, J. Frutos (Editors), Springer-Verlag, Berlin Heidelbe
    • Coquimbo Region
      • Elqui Province
        • La Serena
          • Arqueros Ag Mining District
    		Cucurella J., Flores I. 1994: Condoriaco silver deposit: a geological, mineralogical and genetic reconstruction from I. Domeyko collection of the University La Serena, Chile. Mineralogia Polonica, vol. 25, no. 1, 59-68
          • El Arrayan
            • El Algodón
    		I. Domeyko Mineralogical Museum in La Serena, Chile
    Germany
     
    • Rhineland-Palatinate
      • Lahn valley
        • Bad Ems District
          • Frücht
    		S. Weiß: "Mineralfundstellen, Deutschland West", Weise (Munich), 1990
      • Obermoschel
        • Landsberg Mt. (Moschellandsberg Mt.)
    		Lapis 2001(6), 13-40
      • Westerwald
        • Wied Iron Spar District
          • Neuwied
            • Dernbach
    • Saxony
      • Erzgebirge
        • Ehrenfriedersdorf
    		Wittern: "Mineralfundorte in Deutschland", 2001
    Greece
     
    • Attikí (Attica; Attika) Prefecture
      • Lavrion (Laurion; Laurium) District
        • Lavrion District Mines
          • Agios Konstantinos [St Constantine] (Kamareza; Kamariza)
            • Kamareza Mines
    		No reference listed
          • Sounion Area
            • Agia Varvara Mines (St Barbara Mines)
    		Lapis, 24, 7/8 (1999)
    Honduras
     
    • Lempira Department
    		Dana 6:159.
    Italy
     
    • Sardinia
      • Cagliari Province
    		De Michele, V. (1974). Guida mineralogica d'Italia. Istituto Geografico De Agostini, Novara, 2 vol
    Kazakhstan
     
    • Qostaney Oblysy (Kostanai [Kustany] Oblast')
      • Rudnyi Altai
    		P.M. Kartashov analytical data
    Mexico
     
    • Chihuahua
      • Mun. de Aquiles Serdán
        • Santa Eulalia District
          • East Camp
    		Panczner (1987): 77-395.
    • Coahuila
      • Mun. de Sierra Mojada
        • Sierra Mojada
    		Panczner (1987); Dana 7.
    • Sonora
      • Mun. de Alamos
        • Alamos
    		Panczner (1987): 158.
    Namibia
     
    • Kunene Region
      • Damaraland District
        • Khorixas
          • Copper Valley
    		Gerhard Niedermayr: Mesopotamia 504 - die Typlokalität des Namibit
    Spain
     
    • Andalusia
      • Córdoba
        • Villanueva de Córdoba
    		Schnorrer, G. (2000): Die Minerale der ehemaligen Grube Espuela de San Miguel bei Villanueva de Cordoba, Prov. Cordoba in Spanien. Der Aufschluss, 51, 211-222. (in German)
    UK
     
    • England
      • Cornwall
        • Camborne - Redruth - St Day District
          • Camborne
            • Tuckingmill
    		[Golley & Williams, 1995, 26 - "Cornish Mineral Reference Manual"]
        • Mount's Bay District
          • Penzance - Ludgvan Area
            • Perranuthnoe
    		[Golley & Williams, 1995, 26 - "Cornish Mineral Reference Manual"]
    • Scotland
      • Strathclyde (Argyllshire)
        • Isle of Mull
          • Carsaig
    		NHM London
    USA
     
    • Arizona
      • Cochise Co.
        • Mule Mts
          • Warren District
    		[Mineralogical Record Vol 12 No.5 pp305]
        • Sulphur Spring Valley
          • Pearce Hills
    		University of Arizona Bull. 41 (1916-17), Mineralogy of Useful Minerals in Arizona: 34.
              • Pearce
    		Anthony, J.W., et al (1995), Mineralogy of Arizona, 3rd.ed.: 100, 147, 169, 212-213, 259, 425; Endlich, F.M. (1897), The Pearce mining distict, Engr.Mining Jour.: 63(23): 571; Guild, F.N. (1910), The Mineralogy of Arizona, The Chemical Publishing Co., Easton, PA; Galbraith, F.W. (1947), Minerals of AZ, AZ Bur. of mines Bull. 153: 8, 14; Galbraith, F.W. & D.J. Brennan (1959), Minerals of AZ: 43.; MRDS database Dep. ID file #10103554, MRDS ID #M030569.; MRDS database Dep. ID file #10232286, MAS ID #0040030120.
                • Pearce Hill
    		AZ Bur. Mines Bull. 135 (1933), Arizona gold placers and placering: 72-73; Wilson, E.D. (1927), AZ gold placers, 2nd. ed. (revised), Univ. AZ Bull. 124: 52-53.
    Anthony, J.W., et al (1995), Mineralogy of Arizona, 3rd.ed.: 211; Rasor, C.A. (1938), Bromyrite from Tombstone, AZ, Am.Min.: 23: 157-159.
          • Tombstone
    		Anthony, J.W., et al (1995), Mineralogy of Arizona, 3rd.ed.: 211.
      • Pinal Co.
        • Florence District
          • Florence
    		MRDS database Dep. ID #10048301, MRDS ID #M899858.
        • Mammoth District
          • Tiger
            • St. Anthony deposit
    		Anthony, J.W., et al (1995), Mineralogy of Arizona, 3rd.ed.: 212.
    MRDS database Dep. ID #10046287, MRDS ID #M241183.
      • Santa Cruz Co.
        • Nogales area
    		Anthony, J.W., et al (1995), Mineralogy of Arizona, 3rd.ed.: 212.
        • Oro Blanco Mts
          • Oro Blanco District (Ruby District)
            • Ruby
    		Keith, Stanton B. (1975), Arizona Bureau of Mines Bull. 191, Index of Mining Properties in Santa Cruz County Arizona: 69 (Table 4); Knight (1970); Arizona Bureau of Mines file data.
        • Patagonia Mts
          • Harshaw District
            • Harshaw
              • Hardshell Gulch
    		Anthony, J.W., et al (1995), Mineralogy of Arizona, 3rd.ed.: 340; Schrader, F.C. & J.M. Hill (1915), Mineral deposits of the Santa Rita and Patagonia Mountains, Arizona, USGS Bull. 582: 272; Galbraith, F.W. (1947), Minerals of AZ, AZ Bur. of Mines Bull. 153: 26; Galbraith, F.W. & Brennan (1959), Minerals of AZ: 44.
        • Santa Rita Mts
          • Tyndall District
            • Salero area
              • Toluachi group of claims (Toluachi group; Bonanza tunnel)
    		Schrader, F.C. & J.M. Hill (1915), Mineral deposits of the Santa Rita and Patagonia Mountains, Arizona, USGS Bull. 582: 207.
            • Squaw Gulch area
    		Schrader, F.C. & J.M. Hill (1915), Mineral deposits of the Santa Rita and Patagonia Mountains, AZ, USGS Bull. 582: 218.
      • Yavapai Co.
        • Bradshaw Mts (Bradshaw Range)
          • Hum Bug District
    		Dana 6:1094.
    • California
      • San Bernardino Co.
        • Baker
          • Section 2; T13N; R7E (SB)
    		American Mineralogist (2000): 85: 604, 607.
    • Colorado
      • Dolores Co.
    		MinRec 16:203-216
          • Horse Creek
    		Minerals of Colorado (1997) Eckels, E. B.
      • Lake Co.
        • Leadville District
          • Leadville
            • Carbonate Hill
    		The Oxidized Zinc Ores of Leadville Colorado, G. F. Loughlin, 1918
            • Fryer Hill
    		Geology and Mining Industry of Leadville, Samuel F. Emmons, 1886
    • Montana
      • Beaverhead Co.
        • Quartz Hill District (Vipond District)
    		U.S. Geological Survey, 2005, Mineral Resources Data System: U.S. Geological Survey, Reston, Virginia.
    • Nevada
      • Churchill Co.
        • Chalk Mountain District
    		NBMG Spec. Pub. 31 Minerals of Nevada
    NBMG Bull 83 Geology and Mineral Deposits of Churchill County, Nevada
        • Wonder District
    		USBM Inf Circ 7093 (1939)
      • Clark Co.
        • Goodsprings District
    		NBMG Spec. Pub. 31 Minerals of Nevada
      • Humboldt Co.
        • Iron Point District
          • Valmy
    		NBMG Spec. Pub. 31 Minerals of Nevada
      • Lincoln Co.
        • Bristol and Jackrabbit Districts
    		NBMG Spec. Pub. 31 Minerals of Nevada
      • Mineral Co.
        • Rawhide District
    		NBMG Spec. Pub. 31 Minerals of Nevada
      • Nye Co.
        • San Antone District
    		NBMG Bull 99B Geology and Mineral Resources of Northern Nye County, Nevada
    NBMG Spec. Pub. 31 Minerals of Nevada
      • Storey Co.
        • Comstock District
          • Comstock Lode
    		NBMG Spec. Pub. 31 Minerals of Nevada
    • New Mexico
      • Doña Ana Co.
    		Northrop, Minerals of New Mexico, 3rd. rev. ed. (1996)
    Minerals of New Mexico 3rd ed.
      • Grant Co.
        • Chloride Flat District (incl. Silver City District)
          • Chloride Flat
    		USGS Map I-1310-B Mineral Deposit Map Silver City 1x2 Quad
    Minerals of New Mexico 3rd ed.
    Minerals of New Mexico 3rd ed.
        • Georgetown District
          • Georgetown
    		Saathoff Collection
          • Mimbres
    		Minerals of New Mexico 3rd ed.
      • Sierra Co.
    		NMBMMR Bull 10 The Geology and Ore Deposits of Sierra County, New Mexico
        • Hot Springs District
    		Minerals of New Mexico 3rd ed.
    Northrop, Minerals of New Mexico, 3rd Rev. Ed., 1996
    • Texas
      • Presidio Co.
    		R&M 66:3 pp 196-224
    • Utah
      • Juab Co.
        • East Tintic Mts
    		Min Rec 4:6 p252
      • Washington Co.
        • Leeds
          • Silver Reef District (Harrisburg District)
    		UGMS Bull 117 Minerals and Mineral Localities of Utah
    • Washington
      • Pend Oreille Co.
        • Ione
    		Cannon, B. (1975): Minerals of Washington, p.67,84
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