Bismutite

Bismutite

Bismutite or bismuthite is a bismuth carbonate mineral with formula Bi2(CO3)O2 (bismuth subcarbonate). Bismutite occurs as an oxidation product of other bismuth minerals such as bismuthinite and native bismuth in hydrothermal veins and pegmatites. [http://www.mindat.org/min-687.html Mindat] It crystallizes in the orthorhombic system and typically occurs as earthy to fibrous masses.http://webmineral.com/data/Bismutite.shtml Webmineral]

It was first described in 1841 for an occurrence in Saxony.

References

* [http://rruff.geo.arizona.edu/doclib/hom/bismutite.pdf Handbook of mineralogy]


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