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Eulytine

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Description
Locality: 
Weißer Hirsch Mine, Neustädtel, Schneeberg, Erzgebirge, Saxony, Germany
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
4.5 × 3 × 1.5 cm
Description

Pseudomorphs after Feather-Bismuth. Grey glassy aggregates with a feather-like structure of pure Eulytine, with some pale yellowish Bismutite, on Gneiss matrix. These are certainly the richest Eulytines I have ever seen.  Collected around 1980.

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Eulytine

Formula: 
Bi4(SiO4)3
Strunz: 
9.AD.40
Hardness: 
4.5
Streak: 
White
Type Locality: 
Schneeberg District, Erzgebirge, Saxony, Germany