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Wittichenite & Mixite

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Wittichenite & Mixite

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Description
Locality: 
Schmiedestollen, Wittichen, Black Forest, Baden-Württemberg, Germany
Size Range: 
Small miniature (3-4.5 cm)
Size: 
3.7 × 2.5 × 1.3 cm
Description

Good piece with rare bismuth bearing sulfosalt wittichenie from the Type Locality in association with green mixite. Mixite is probably formed my the alteration of wittichenite. The wittichenite aggregates can be seen on the edge of the specimen

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Wittichenite

Formula: 
Cu3BiS3
Strunz: 
2.GA.20
Crystal System: 
Orthorhombic Prismatic crystals or masses
Hardness: 
2.0 - 3.0
Streak: 
Black
Type Locality: 
Wittichen, Schenkenzell, Black Forest, Baden-Württemberg, Germany

Mixite

Formula: 
BiCu6(AsO4)3(OH)6·3H2O
Strunz: 
8.DL.15
Crystal System: 
Hexagonal
Hardness: 
3.0 - 4.0
Type Locality: 
Jáchymov (St Joachimsthal), Jáchymov District (St Joachimsthal), Krušné Hory Mts (Erzgebirge), Karlovy Vary Region, Bohemia (Böhmen; Boehmen), Czech Republic
Loranth Minerals

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