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Bismite

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Description
Locality: 
Schneeberg, Erzgebirge, Saxony, Germany
Class: 
Massive/Crystalline
Size Range: 
Small miniature (3-4.5 cm)
Size: 
4 × 2.5 × 1 cm
Description

Solid crystalline mass of yellow bismite on matrix.

Very good historic specimen from the Type Locality.

With antique label.    "Wismutocker" is the old name for bismit.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Bismite

Formula: 
Bi2O3
Strunz: 
4.CB.60
Crystal System: 
Monoclinic
Hardness: 
4.5
Type Locality: 
Colavi Mine, Machacamarca District (Colavi District), Cornelio Saavedra Province, Potosí Department, Bolivia

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