Minium from Broken Hill, New South Wales

Brian J. Skinner and E. Maud. McBriab

Geology Department, University of Adelaide, South Australia.

Summary: Minium occurs at Broken Hill, New South Wales, as pseudomorphs after cerussite, formed during fires in the mine. It is tetragonal with a = 8·824 Å. and c = 6·564 Å.; sp. gr. 8·2 + 0·2. The Broken Hill minium appears identical in physical properties with synthetic Pb₃O₄ described by other workers.

Mineralogical Magazine; September 1958 v. 31; no. 242; p. 947-950; DOI: 10.1180/minmag.1958.031.242.08
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