page_title: Iodargyrite
hierarchical_section_title: Iodargyrite
caption_attribution_description: English: Iodargyrite Locality: Broken Hill Proprietary Mine (Proprietary Mine; BHP Mine), Broken Hill, Yancowinna County, New South Wales, Australia (Locality at mindat.org) An impressively rich, colorful specimen of this very rare silver species, from the classic and best locality of old Broken Hill. It was formerly in the Don Belsher collection, and he got it from Walt Lidstrom in 1984. Iodorgyrite is the rarest of the group of related silver chlorides from Broken Hill, and the hardest to obtain today in good crystals. These were mined in the 1940s mostly (with perhaps a trickle coming out later in the 60's&#160;?). This specimen has EXTREMELY sharp, wellformed crystals and they are translucent yellow and attractive, with good lustre (better in person). The specks on top seem to be minute crystals of the related species chlorargyrite. 4.6 x 4.2 x 3.1 cm Deutsch: Jodargyrit Fundort: Broken Hill Proprietary Mine (Proprietary Mine; BHP Mine), Broken Hill, Yancowinna County, New South Wales, Australien (Fundort bei mindat.org)
context_page_description: Iodyrite or iodargyrite is a natural mineral form of silver iodide.
  Hardness is 1.5 to 2.
  Related are chlorargyrite and bromargyrite.
context_section_description: Iodyrite or iodargyrite is a natural mineral form of silver iodide.
  Hardness is 1.5 to 2.
  Related are chlorargyrite and bromargyrite.
caption: Iodargyrite on gossan, Broken Hill Ore Deposit, New South Wales, Australia.
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