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Russellite

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Description
Locality: 
Karl Liebknecht Shaft, Oelsnitz, Zwickau, Saxony, Germany
Class: 
Crystal Group/Cluster
Size Range: 
Thumbnail (1-3cm)
Size: 
1.7 × 1.5 × 1 cm
Description

This rare Bismuth Tungstate occurs here as pale yellow waxy aggregates up to 1 cm (KS), to 2 cm (NS) beside of black Ferberite and brownish Goethite in Quartz. Old newly examined samples, the Mine was only in operation from 1916 to 1919.

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Russellite

Formula: 
Bi2WO6
Strunz: 
4.DE.15
Crystal System: 
Tetragonal
Hardness: 
3.5
Type Locality: 
Castle-an-Dinas Mine, Castle-an-Dinas, St Columb Major, St Austell District, Cornwall, England, UK