bismuthinite
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Bismuthinite is a mineral consisting of bismuth sulfide (Bi2S3). It is an important ore for bismuth. The crystals are steel-grey to off-white with a metallic luster. It is soft enough to be scratched with a fingernail and rather dense.
Key facts
- Mineral.name
- Bismuthinite
- Mineral.category
- Sulfide mineral
- Mineral.image
- Bismuthinite.jpg
- Mineral.imagesize
- 260px
- Mineral.caption
- Bismuthinite – Schlaggenwald (Horni Slavkov) – Bohemia – Czech Republic (XX 1.1 cm)
- Mineral.IMAsymbol
- Bin
- Mineral.formula
- Bi2S3
- Mineral.strunz
- 2.DB.05a
- Mineral.system
- Orthorhombic
- Mineral.class
- Dipyramidal (mmm) H-M symbol: (2/m 2/m 2/m)
- Mineral.symmetry
- Pbnm
- Mineral.color
- Lead-gray to tin-white, with a yellowish or iridescent tarnish.
- Mineral.habit
- Slender prismatic to acicular, massive lamellar
- Mineral.cleavage
- [010] Perfect
- Mineral.fracture
- Uneven
- Mineral.tenacity
- Brittle, sectile
- Mineral.mohs
- 2
- Mineral.luster
- Metallic
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- Image
- Bismuthinite.jpg
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- Bismuthinite
- chemical formula
- Bi₂S₃
- Nickel-Strunz 9th edition (updated 2009)
- 2.DB.05a
- Nickel-Strunz '10th ed', review of (9th ed/ 2009 update)
- 2.DB.05
- Mohs' hardness
- 2
- IMA Mineral Symbol
- Bin
- Strunz 8th edition (series ID, updated)
- II/C.02
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Bismuthinite is a mineral consisting of bismuth sulfide (Bi2S3). It is an important ore for bismuth. The crystals are steel-grey to off-white with a metallic luster. It is soft enough to be scratched with a fingernail and rather dense.
Bismuthinite forms a series with the lead, copper, bismuth mineral aikinite (PbCuBiS3).
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