hawleyite, rare, sulfide, mineral, sphalerite, group, dimorphous, easily, confused, with, greenockite, chemically, cadmium, sulfide, occurs, bright, yellow, coating, sphalerite, siderite, vugs, deposited, meteoric, water, orange, yellow, earthy, coatinggeneral. 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 HawleyiteOrange yellow earthy coatingGeneralCategorySulfide mineralFormula repeating unit CdSIMA symbolHwl 1 Strunz classification2 CB 05aCrystal systemCubicCrystal classHextetrahedral 4 3m H M symbol 4 3m Space groupF4 3mUnit cella 5 818 A Z 4StructureJmol 3D Interactive imageIdentificationColorBright yellowCrystal habitPowdery massiveMohs scale hardness2 5 3LusterMetallicStreakLight yellowDiaphaneityTranslucent to opaqueSpecific gravity4 87References 2 3 4 Structure of HawleyiteIt 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 editCadmium Sulfide mineral List of minerals List of minerals named after peopleReferences edit Warr L N 2021 IMA CNMNC approved mineral symbols Mineralogical Magazine 85 3 291 320 Bibcode 2021MinM 85 291W doi 10 1180 mgm 2021 43 S2CID 235729616 a b MinDAT a b Webmineral a b Handbook of Mineralogy nbsp This article about a specific sulfide mineral is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Hawleyite amp oldid 1209331751, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
