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Bismutoferrite

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Bismutoferrite

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Description
Locality: 
Ullersreuth, Hirschberg, Vogtland, Thuringia, Germany
Class: 
Massive/Crystalline
Size Range: 
Small miniature (3-4.5 cm)
Size: 
3.5 × 2.5 × 2 cm
Description

A brilliant yellow solid cristalline mass of bismutoferrit in a vug in limonite

Rich specimen from the ancient "Arme Hilfe Mine".

The mine closed in 1899

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Bismutoferrite

Formula: 
Fe3+2Bi(SiO4)2(OH)
Strunz: 
9.ED.25
Hardness: 
6.0
Type Locality: 
Schneeberg District, Erzgebirge, Saxony, Germany

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