Bismutite
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Template:Short description Script error: No such module "Infobox".Template:Template otherScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 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.[1] It crystallizes in the orthorhombic system and typically occurs as earthy to fibrous masses.[2]
It was first described in 1841 for an occurrence in Saxony.[2]
The term bismuthite has been used in the past for bismuthinite.[3]
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