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Bromyrite or bromargyrite<ref name=":0">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> is a natural mineral form of silver bromide<ref name=":0" /> found mainly in Mexico and Chile. Hardness is 1.5 to 2. Related are chlorargyrite and iodyrite.

It was first described in 1859 for an occurrence in Plateros, Zacatecas, Mexico where it occurred in a silver deposit as an oxidation product of primary ore minerals.<ref name=Mindat/> It occurs in arid environments along with native silver, iodargyrite and smithsonite along with iron and manganese oxide minerals.<ref name=HBM/>

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