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Bismuthinite

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Bismuthinite

Ex J & D Leach Collection ( Melbourne)

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Description
Locality: 
South Crofty Mine, Pool, Carn Brea, Cornwall, United Kingdom
Size Range: 
Small miniature (3-4.5 cm)
Size: 
4.1 × 4 × 3.9 cm
Description

Acicular metallic dark bluish grey needles of bismuthinite in cavities with specular hematite and quartz crystals, the matrix is a brecciated red hematite with crystals of quartz bonding the specimen together.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Bismuthinite

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