Bismuth and Skutterudite var. Smaltite
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Bismuth and Skutterudite var. Smaltite
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- Availability
- Sold
- Size
- 4.5 x 3.5 x 3.5 cm - Miniature
- Formula
- Bi (RRUFF)
- Locality
- Dolcoath mine, Camborne, Cornwall, England
- Tagged
- native element
Coarse granular ore specimen with both Bismuth and Skutteridite grains throughout matrix. Barstow label.
According to the USGS 2015 Commodity report, bismuth was used in principally in pharmaceutical production and accounted for two thirds of U.S. consumption. Bismuth compounds were also used in superconductors and pearlescent pigments for cosmetics and paints. China has evidently developed a low-melting-point bismuth alloy which can be used in 3D printing.
Bismuth
- Formula
- Bi
- Crystal System
- Trigonal
- Crystal Habit
- Platy, Lamellar, Granular
- Cleavage
- Perfect, None, None
- Luster
- Metallic
- Color
- silver white, pinkish white, red
- Streak
- silver white
- Class
- Trigonal - Hexagonal Scalenohedral
- Fracture
- Uneven
- Hardness
- 2-2.5
Data courtesy of Webmineral.
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- Phillips Collection
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