Hawleyite
| Hawleyite | ||
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Specific gravity 4.87 | | |
| References | [2][3][4] | |
Hawleyite is a rare sulfide mineral in the sphalerite group, dimorphous and easily confused with greenockite. Chemically, it is cadmium sulfide, and occurs as a bright yellow coating on sphalerite or siderite in vugs, deposited by meteoric water.[4]
It was discovered in 1955 in the Hector-Calumet mine, Keno-Galena Hill area,
Yukon Territory and named in honour of mineralogist James Edwin Hawley (1897–1965), a professor at Queen's University in Ontario, Canada.[3][2]
See also
References
- S2CID 235729616.
- ^ a b MinDAT
- ^ a b Webmineral
- ^ a b Handbook of Mineralogy
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