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Halide

Eddavidite

Cu₁₂Pb₂O₁₅Br₂
Crystal systemCubic
ClassHalide
Eddavidite specimen

Perfect sharp cubic crystals of the extremely rare bromine mineral eddavidite (IMA 2018-010) from the famous Bisbee deposit in Arizona (Southwest Mine, Bisbee, Cochise County, Arizona, United States of America) in a completely analized specimen by SEM/EDS. Ex Excalibur Mineral Corp specimen. — Photo: David Hospital · CC BY-SA 4.0

Eddavidite

Eddavidite is an IMA-recognized mineral species in the halide class, with the chemical formula Cu₁₂Pb₂O₁₅Br₂.

It crystallizes in the cubic crystal system (space group Fm-3m). It is a member of the Murdochite structural group.

IMA symbol Edv, IMA status: approved, named in 2018.

It is found associated with Distribution From the Southwest Mine, Bisbee, Warren District, Cochise Co., Arizona, USA.

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