Moving mountains for you
Switch currency

Current Live Auctions

Current Live Fixed Price Sales

Bismuthinite

Views:
Watches:
JYJ625127

Bismuthinite

Description Tabs

Description
Locality: 
Fowey Consols, Tywardreath, Cornwall, United Kingdom
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Small cabinet (7-10 cm)
Size: 
3.4 × 7.1 × 5.3 cm
Description

Bismuthinite in quartz matrix. Old historic material.

References: Henwood, W.J. (1843): Transactions of the Royal Geological Society of Cornwall 5, 1-386; Hall, T.M. (1868): The Mineralogist's Directory. Edward Stanford (London), 168 pp.; Weiß, S., Merry, M. & Ansermet, S. (2017): Neufunde aus Cornwall: Cannonit, Arthurit, Auriacusit. Lapis, 42 (1), 20-23; 62 (in German).

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Bismuthinite

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