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Bismutite

Ex Hatfield Goudey (1906 - 1985)
Pseudomorph

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Description
Locality: 
Bourke´s Luck Mine, Pilgrims Rest, Ehlanzeni District, Mpumalanga Province, South Africa
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Thumbnail (1-3cm)
Size: 
1.5 × 1.3 × 1 cm
Description

Sharp yellow bismutite crystals on matrix from a rarely offered locality.

Mounted and labeled by Hatfield Goudey (1906 - 1985) - San Mateo, California about 1978.

Hatfield Goudey was one of the first dealers specialized in micromounts. He started this buisness in the 1950s

Detail photo by Joy Desor - Mineralanalytik

 

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Bismutite

Formula: 
(BiO)2CO3
Strunz: 
5.BE.25
Crystal System: 
Tetragonal
Hardness: 
2.5 - 3.5
Streak: 
Grey
Type Locality: 
Arme Hilfe Mine, Ullersreuth, Hirschberg, Vogtland, Thuringia, Germany

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