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Native Bismuth & Rammelsbergite

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Native Bismuth & Rammelsbergite

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Description
Locality: 
Shaft 66, Schlema-Hartenstein, Erzgebirge, Saxony, Germany
Size Range: 
Small miniature (3-4.5 cm)
Size: 
3.4 × 2.4 × 2.1 cm
Description

A specimen of  grey bismute and rammelsbergite in matrix.

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

Rammelsbergite

Formula: 
NiAs2
Strunz: 
2.EB.15a
Hardness: 
5.5 - 6.0
Type Locality: 
Schneeberg District, Erzgebirge, Saxony, Germany