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Native Bismuth

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Native Bismuth

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Description
Locality: 
Wolfram Camp, Mareeba Shire, Queensland, Australia
Class: 
Single Crystal
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
4.8 × 3.4 × 2.5 cm
Weight: 
122.00gr
Description

This is a very aesthetic bismuth crystal from Wolfram Camp in Queensland. It is quite large (122 grams), and has some good areas of crystallization and some negative casts from where quartz crystals once were. There are some lovely flashes of pink to the specimen which set this piece off.  Large bismuth crystals from Australia are few and far between these days.

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