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Bismutite Psm Emplectite

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Bismutite Psm Emplectite

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Description
Locality: 
Königswart Mine, Schönegründ, Baiersbronn, Karlsruhe Region, Baden-Württemberg, Germany
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Small miniature (3-4.5 cm)
Size: 
3.5 × 1 × 1 cm
Description

Pale brown bismutite needles pseudomorph after emplectite

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Bismutite

Formula: 
(BiO)2CO3
Strunz: 
5.BE.25
Crystal System: 
Tetragonal
Hardness: 
2.5 - 3.5
Streak: 
Grey
Type Locality: 
Arme Hilfe Mine, Ullersreuth, Hirschberg, Vogtland, Thuringia, Germany

Emplectite

Formula: 
CuBiS2
Strunz: 
2.HA.05
Crystal System: 
Orthorhombic Prismatic crystlas
Hardness: 
2.0
Type Locality: 
Tannenbaum Mine, Antonsthal, Breitenbrunn District, Erzgebirge, Saxony, Germany