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Gold With Bismuthinite

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Gold With Bismuthinite

ex Marcus Lueg personal collection

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Description
Locality: 
Maya-Moto, Mwenga, South Kivu, DR Congo
Class: 
Combination
Size Range: 
Thumbnail (1-3cm)
Size: 
2 × 2.3 × 1.7 cm
Weight: 
22.30gr
Description

This is a very rare combination of native gold in bismuthinite from Maya-Moto, North Kivu, DR Congo. This specimen features half a dozen or so gold blebs in massive crystalline, grey bismuthinite, it seems to be a part of a water-worn pebble (see pic 5).

Maya-Moto is a bismuth deposit, hardly accessible due to the current political situation, and little information is available about this occurrence.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Gold

Formula: 
Au
Strunz: 
1.AA.05
Crystal System: 
Isometric
Hardness: 
2.5 - 3.0

Bismuthinite

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

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