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Bismuthinite & Bismutite

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Bismuthinite & Bismutite

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Pseudomorph

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Description
Locality: 
Brézouard Massif, Ste Marie-aux-Mines, Haut-Rhin, Grand Est, France
Class: 
Combination
Size Range: 
Small cabinet (7-10 cm)
Size: 
7.5 × 5.7 × 2 cm
Description

Gray to bronce-colored bismutinite, partly replaced by green bismutite.

Rare sample from the well-known European fairground.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Bismuthinite

Formula: 
Bi2S3
Strunz: 
2.DB.05
Hardness: 
2.0 - 2.5
Streak: 
Lead-gray

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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