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bismuthinite

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bismuthinite [bɪzˈmʌθɪˌnaɪt], bismuth glance
n
(Earth Sciences / Minerals) a grey mineral consisting of bismuth sulphide in orthorhombic crystalline form. It occurs in veins associated with tin, copper, silver, lead, etc., and is a source of bismuth. Formula: Bi2S3
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Sulfide minerals in the quartz veins are much more varied than in replacement ores; pyrite masses in the former contain up to 2% arsenopyrite and trace to minor amounts of galena, sphalerite, scheelite, pyrrhotite, chalcopyrite, cosalite and bismuthinite.
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Mineralization is characterized by sugary textured quartz veins and locally vein stockworks of variable orientations associated with intrusive and country rock (gneisses) containing trace to 2 percent sulfides characterized by arsenopyrite +/- bismuthinite +/- molybdenite and, locally, visible gold.
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Quartz veins at American Eagle host extremely course grained bismuthinite in flat, sometimes deformed tabular plates ranging up to 1.
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