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Krupkaite & Native Bismuth

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Krupkaite & Native Bismuth

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Description
Locality: 
Krupka, Krušné Hory, Ústí nad Labem Region, Czech Republic
Class: 
Massive/Crystalline
Size Range: 
Small cabinet (7-10 cm)
Size: 
6 × 9 × 4 cm
Description

An extraordinary rich sample  of native bismuth which coated with grey krupkaite and perches as rounded crystals out of the matrix. Very uncommon from the loality. Striated metallic light grey lustrous crystals of krupkaite is distributed all over the matrix of quartz and dickite. Very rare in that size and quality. Original material from the type locality.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Krupkaite

Formula: 
PbCuBi3S6
Strunz: 
2.HB.05a
Crystal System: 
Orthorhombic
Hardness: 
3.5 - 4.0
Streak: 
black
Type Locality: 
Barbora adit, Knöttel area (Knötel; Knödel; Knödlberg), Krupka (Graupen), Krušné Hory Mts (Erzgebirge), Ústí Region, Bohemia (Böhmen; Boehmen), Czech Republic

Bismuth

Formula: 
Bi
Strunz: 
1.CA.05
Crystal System: 
Hexagonal
Hardness: 
2.0 - 2.5
Type Locality: 
Schneeberg District, Erzgebirge, Saxony, Germany

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Marco Drechsel

SPK Mittelsachsen

SWIFT/BIC-Code: WELADED1FGX

IBAN: DE49 870520004111076110