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Waylandite & Bismutite

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Waylandite & Bismutite

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Description
Locality: 
Roter Berg, Schneeberg, Erzgebirge, Saxony, Germany
Size Range: 
Small miniature (3-4.5 cm)
Size: 
3.2 × 2 × 1.5 cm
Description

A very fine example of the rare bismuth-aluminium-phosphate waylandite with a good coverage of small lustrous yellow-orange to yellow-green crystals in spherical clusters on matrix. Associated with white to yellowish white crystals of bismutite in radiating aggregates. Looks beautiful under magnification.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Waylandite

Formula: 
BiAl3(PO4)2(OH)6
Strunz: 
8.BL.13
Hardness: 
4.0 - 5.0
Colour: 
White
Type Locality: 
Wampewo Hill, Busiiro Co. (Bushiro Co.), Wakiso District, Uganda

Bismutite

Formula: 
(BiO)2CO3
Strunz: 
5.BE.25
Crystal System: 
Tetragonal
Hardness: 
2.5 - 3.5
Streak: 
Grey
Type Locality: 
Arme Hilfe Mine, Ullersreuth, Hirschberg, Vogtland, Thuringia, Germany
Cartils Minerals

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