Formula: AgBr
Bromide, chlorargyrite group
Crystal System: Isometric
Specific gravity: 6.474 measured, 6.477 calculated
Hardness: 2½
Streak: White to yellowish white
Colour: Yellowish, greenish brown, bright green
Melting point: 434oC
Common impurities: Cl,I
Bromargyrite is a rare secondary mineral in the oxidation zones of
silver
deposits, notably in arid regions. Associated minerals include atacamite,
cerussite, chlorargyrite,
iodargyrite, jarosite,
limonite, malachite,
pyromorphite, silver,
smithsonite and wulfenite
(Mindat, HOM).
Localities
At the Iodide Mine, Mineral Hill field, Condobolin district, Kennedy county, New South Wales, Australia, chlorian
bromargyrite has been found in earthy, orange-yellow goethite and
plumbojarosite rich gossan with
kaolinite as a frequent associate. It also occurs in another portion of the mine
as small crystals to 0.05 mm associated with malachite,
azurite, bindheimite,
cerussite and anglesite, in vugs in
quartz
(AJM 11.2.109-110).
At the Kintore opencut, Broken Hill South Mine, Broken Hill, Broken Hill district, Yancowinna county, New South Wales,
Australia, bromargyrite is the rarest of the silver halide minerals here. It has been found with
coronadite and white dolomite, with
iodargyrite, and as bright yellow crystals to 7 mm with
coronadite and iodargyrite
(AJM 3.1.34).
At the type locality, Plateros, Zacatecas, Mexico, bromargyrite occurs in the oxidation zone of a
silver deposit
(Mindat).
At the Ambed No. 2 Mine, Ambed, Agdz Cercle, Zagora Province, Drâa-Tafilalet Region, Morocco, in the
gossan zone there are thick masses of limonite
intergrown with quartz, rich in brochantite
and conichalcite and also containing
adamite and austinite.
Bromargyrite occurs as brightly lustrous yellow-orange interstitial fillings
(Minrec 38.5.363).
At Bisbee, Cochise County, Arizona, USA, bromargyrite occurs occasionally in
cuprite nodules
(Minrec 43.1.supplement p 14).
At the Gallagher Vanadium & Rare Minerals Corporation Mine and Manila Mine, both in Cochise county, Arizona, USA, bromargyrite –
bromian chlorargyrite – chlorargyrite minerals
are widespread on both dumps although never in great abundance. They form individual crystals and irregular crusts on iron-manganese stained
quartz, baryte and
anglesite
(R&M 90-4.342).
At the Reward Mine, Reward, Russ Mining District, Inyo Mts, Inyo county, California, USA, crystals of bromargyrite
to 1.5 mm have been found on white, microcrystalline, drusy quartz,
cerussite and plattnerite. The
bromargyrite contains significant amounts of chlorine
(Minrec 41.2.182).
At the San Rafael Mine, Quartz Mountain camp, Lodi Mining District, Lodi Hills, Nye county, Nevada, USA, bromargyrite and
chlorargyrite occur sparingly as somewhat corroded and hoppered single
crystals to 0.5 mm within spongy mimetite -
anglesite - bayldonite masses
(R&M 85.6.516 ).
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