Symbol: Br
Bromine is not an approved mineral, both because it does not occur in the native state and also because it
is liquid in normal ambient conditions
Specific gravity: 3.12
Colour: Red-brown
Melting point: -7oC
Boiling point: 58.9oC
Abundance in the Earth's crust: 2.4 parts per million by mass, 0.6 by moles
(ChC).
The most common oxidation number is -1, also 1, 3, 4, 5 and 7
Bromine-bearing minerals include:
Sulphides
demicheleite-(Br)
grechishchevite
Chloride-Bromides
kelyanite
Bromides
bromargyrite
ermakovite
kadyrelite
kuzminite
Sulphides - the sulphide anion is S2-
Chlorides - the chloride anion is Cl-
Bromides - the bromide anion is Br-
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