ATHENA MINERALOGY |
Mineral: | WITTICHENITE |
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Formula: | Cu3BiS3 |
Crystal System: | Orthorhombic |
IMA Number: | 1853 |
References: | MM 43 (1979), 109; HB1 (1990); L 2 (2015), 11 |
Type Locality: | Grube Neuglück, Wittichen, Schwarzwald, Baden-Württemberg, Germany |
Wittichenite Wittichenite (bluish grey), chalcopyrite (yellow needles), covellite (blue) in bornite Långban, Sweden. Size 0.3 mm. Reflected light, open nicols. The white mineral in the picture is native bismuth. Photo © Kjell Gatedal, School of Mines and Metallurgy, Filipstad, Sweden. See also: athena.unige.ch -> mineral pictures |
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