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Bismutoferrite & Walpurgite

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Bismutoferrite & Walpurgite

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Description
Locality: 
Weißer Hirsch Mine, Neustädtel, Schneeberg, Erzgebirge, Saxony, Germany
Class: 
Massive/Crystalline
Size Range: 
Micromount (under 1cm)
Size: 
0.4 × 0.3 × 0.3 cm
Description

Bismutoferrite with walpurgite crystals

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Bismutoferrite

Formula: 
Fe3+2Bi(SiO4)2(OH)
Strunz: 
9.ED.25
Hardness: 
6.0
Type Locality: 
Schneeberg District, Erzgebirge, Saxony, Germany

Walpurgite

Formula: 
(BiO)4(UO2)(AsO4)2·3H2O
Strunz: 
8.EA.05
Hardness: 
3.5
Type Locality: 
Walpurgis Flacher vein, Weißer Hirsch Mine (Shaft 3), Neustädtel, Schneeberg District, Erzgebirge, Saxony, Germany