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Nickeline Native Bismuth Bismutite & Sillénite

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Nickeline Native Bismuth Bismutite & Sillénite

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Description
Locality: 
Neustädtel, Schneeberg, Erzgebirge, Saxony, Germany
Size Range: 
Small cabinet (7-10 cm)
Size: 
7.2 × 4 × 2 cm
Description

A rich, heavy, mass of highly lustrous pale copper red nickeline and grey massive native bismuth.
One side of the specimen hosts a rich botryoidal crust of yellow to brownish bismutite and some minor masses and veins of green sillenite.
Great classic ore piece.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Nickeline

Formula: 
NiAs
Strunz: 
2.CC.05
Crystal System: 
Hexagonal
Hardness: 
5.0 - 5.5

Bismuth

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

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

Sillénite

Formula: 
Bi12SiO20
Strunz: 
4.CB.70
Crystal System: 
Isometric
Hardness: 
0.0
Type Locality: 
Durango, Mexico
Cartils Minerals

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