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Wittite & Bismuthinite

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Wittite & Bismuthinite

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Description
Locality: 
La Fossa Crater, Vulcano Island, Messina Province, Sicily, Italy
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Small miniature (3-4.5 cm)
Size: 
1.8 × 3 × 2.3 cm
Description

gray metallic long tabular striated crystals up to 2 mm in size, in addition to needle-like Bismuthhinite crystals, very rich on Scoria Matrix. Outstanding good specimens of the rare Lead-Bismuth-Selenium-Sulfide

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Bismuthinite

Formula: 
Bi2S3
Strunz: 
2.DB.05
Hardness: 
2.0 - 2.5
Streak: 
Lead-gray