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Koechlinite & Native Bismuth

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Koechlinite & Native Bismuth

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Description
Locality: 
Maurers Mine, Kingsgate, Gough County, New South Wales, Australia
Size Range: 
Thumbnail (1-3cm)
Size: 
1.8 × 1.4 × 1.4 cm
Description

Yellow rich koechlinite replacing and with bismuth. Label says "Old 25 Mine, Kingsgate, NSW. Mindat states "not listed in our database for this locality". It would be at least the second specimen label with that locality, so I believe the locality to be valid.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Koechlinite

Formula: 
Bi2MoO6
Strunz: 
4.DE.15
Hardness: 
0.0
Type Locality: 
Daniel Mine (St. Daniel Mine), Neustädtel, Schneeberg District, Erzgebirge, Saxony, Germany

Bismuth

Formula: 
Bi
Strunz: 
1.CA.05
Crystal System: 
Hexagonal
Hardness: 
2.0 - 2.5
Type Locality: 
Schneeberg District, Erzgebirge, Saxony, Germany