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Native Bismuth In Calcite

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Native Bismuth In Calcite

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Description
Locality: 
Schneeberg, Erzgebirge, Saxony, Germany
Class: 
Massive/Crystalline
Size Range: 
Small cabinet (7-10 cm)
Size: 
9 × 6 × 4 cm
Weight: 
356.00gr
Description

A 4 cm wide veinlet filling 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. 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