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Bismuth

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Description
Locality: 
Schneeberg, Erzgebirge, Saxony, Germany
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Thumbnail (1-3cm)
Size: 
2.5 × 1.8 × 0.6 cm
Description

Brass yellow to grey, highly lustrous crystals of native bismuth richly scattered in a dull grey metallic matrix of nickelskutterudite. The crystals show typical striations due to polysynthetic twinning.

Acquired in early 1970’s. Ex R. Dillen specimen.

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

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