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Beyerite

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Description
Locality: 
Siebenschlehen Mine, Neustädtel, Schneeberg, Erzgebirge, Saxony, Germany
Size Range: 
Small miniature (3-4.5 cm)
Size: 
3.4 × 3 × 1.5 cm
Description

A very nice example of beyerite, an uncommon calcium-bismuth-carbonate, from the Type Locality. The specimen has a good coverage of bright yellow tabular crystals on the matrix. EDX/REM analyzed.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Beyerite

Formula: 
Ca(BiO)2(CO3)2
Strunz: 
5.BE.35
Crystal System: 
Tetragonal Thin plates or compact earthy masses.
Hardness: 
2.0 - 3.0
Streak: 
white
Type Locality: 
Schneeberg District, Erzgebirge, Saxony, Germany
Cartils Minerals

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