hawleyite
Sign in to saveright|thumb|300px|Structure of Hawleyite
Key facts
- Mineral.image
- Hawleyite.jpg
- Mineral.name
- Hawleyite
- Mineral.category
- Sulfide mineral
- Mineral.imagesize
- 260px
- Mineral.caption
- Orange-yellow earthy coating
- Mineral.formula
- CdS
- Mineral.IMAsymbol
- Hwl
- Mineral.strunz
- 2.CB.05a
- Mineral.system
- Cubic
- Mineral.class
- Hextetrahedral (3m) H-M symbol: ( 3m)
- Mineral.symmetry
- F3m
- Mineral.unit cell
- a = 5.818 Å; Z = 4
- Mineral.color
- Bright yellow
- Mineral.habit
- Powdery massive
- Mineral.mohs
- 2.5–3
- Mineral.luster
- Metallic
- Mineral.streak
- Light yellow
- Mineral.gravity
- 4.87
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right|thumb|300px|Structure of Hawleyite
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.
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