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Native Bismuth

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Native Bismuth

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Description
Locality: 
Shaft 371, Schlema-Hartenstein, Erzgebirge, Saxony, Germany
Size Range: 
Cabinet (10-18 cm)
Size: 
14 × 7 × 6 cm
Largest Crystal: 
1.30cm
Description

Very rich (almost massive) crystallized native bismuth specimen from an old collection.

Typical native bismuth crystals up to 13 mm all around the very heavy (1 kg !) specimen.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Bismuth

Formula: 
Bi
Strunz: 
1.CA.05
Crystal System: 
Hexagonal
Hardness: 
2.0 - 2.5
Type Locality: 
Schneeberg District, Erzgebirge, Saxony, Germany