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Bismuth & Siderite

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Bismuth & Siderite

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Description
Locality: 
Hüttenberger Erzberg, Hüttenberg, Sankt Veit an der Glan District, Carinthia, Austria
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Small cabinet (7-10 cm)
Size: 
7.8 × 6.7 × 4.6 cm
Largest Crystal: 
0.70cm
Description

Silver grey striated crystals of native bismuth included in siderite and in dull grey metallic arborescent clusters, probably löllingite. Bismuth crystals are also found filling up thin cracks in the rock. The specimen comes with a handwritten label of the German collector Manfred Fabig, who bought it in 1967 from Dr. R Klagholz.

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

Siderite

Formula: 
FeCO3
Strunz: 
5.AB.05
Crystal System: 
Trigonal
Hardness: 
3.5 - 4.5
Streak: 
White

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