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Bismutite

With antique label
Type Locality

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Description
Locality: 
Schneeberg, Erzgebirge, Saxony, Germany
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
5 × 4.5 × 2.7 cm
Description

A very good example of bismutosphaerite, a variety of bismutite, from the Type Locality with a good coverage of brown to yellow spherical aggregates on matrix. Comes with a nice old label.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

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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