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2 items @ $50.00  

Bismuthinite with Bismutite

#55131

Bismuthinite with Bismutite

#55131
Availability
Available
Price
$35.00
Size
3.5 x 2.5 x 1.5 cm - Miniature 
Formula
Bi2S3 (RRUFF)
Locality
Coats peg., Petaca dist., Rio Arriba Co., New Mexico, United States
Tagged
sulfide

Light straw yellow crystals to 4mm, an alteration of Bismuth in Quartz.

Bismuthinite

Formula
Bi2S3 
Crystal System
Orthorhombic 
Crystal Habit
Prismatic, Massive - Lamellar, Granular 
Cleavage
Perfect, None, None 
Luster
Metallic 
Color
gray, silver white, tin white 
Streak
gray 
Class
Orthorhombic - Dipyramidal 
Fracture
Brittle - Sectile 
Hardness

Data courtesy of Webmineral.

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