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Bismuthinite

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Locality: 
El Vagón Mine, Lanteira, Granada, Andalusia, Spain
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Small cabinet (7-10 cm)
Size: 
7.2 × 3.8 × 2.5 cm
Weight: 
84.00gr
Description

Very interesting group of bismuthinite crystals forming bundles of acicular crystals on a siderite matrix from this famous Spanish deposit. may be tetrahedrite and chalcostibite crystals are also present. Bismuthinite is very rare in this deposit and only very few specimens have been found. Nowadays it is very difficult to access the site and find any piece of siderite since the place has been declared a protected natural landscape and it is prohibited to access the place and collect samples.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Bismuthinite

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

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