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Native Bismuth & Calcite

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Native Bismuth & Calcite

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Description
Locality: 
Schneeberg, Erzgebirge, Saxony, Germany
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
6 × 6 × 4 cm
Description

A 6 cm wide veinlet sample containing altered hostrock white calcite and crystallized high metallic lustrous golden idiomorphic native bismuth shaped as feathers and pyramides up to 0.8 cm. On the back side occurre quartz pockets with crystals of bismuth. A real classic from the last mining period of the district..

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

Calcite

Polymorph of: 
Formula: 
CaCO3
Strunz: 
5.AB.05
Crystal System: 
Trigonal
Hardness: 
3.0
Streak: 
White

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Marco Drechsel

SPK Mittelsachsen

SWIFT/BIC-Code: WELADED1FGX

IBAN: DE49 870520004111076110