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Mineralogical Society of America \u003Ca target='_blank' href='https:\u002F\u002Fwww.handbookofmineralogy.org\u002Fpdfs\u002Fbismuthinite.pdf' class='refpdflink'>\u003C\u002Fa>",{"id":297,"year":298,"html":299,"doi":300},64236,2006,"Petříček, V., Makovicky, E. (2006) Interpretation of selected structures of the bismuthinite-aikinite series as commensurately modulated structures. \u003Ci>The Canadian Mineralogist\u003C\u002Fi>,  44 (1). 189-206 \u003Ca target='_blank' href='https:\u002F\u002Fdoi.org\u002F10.2113\u002Fgscanmin.44.1.189'>doi:10.2113\u002Fgscanmin.44.1.189\u003C\u002Fa> \u003Ca target='_blank' href='https:\u002F\u002Frruff.info\u002Fdoclib\u002Fcm\u002Fvol44\u002FCM44_189.pdf' class='refpdflink'>\u003C\u002Fa>","10.2113\u002Fgscanmin.44.1.189",{"id":302,"year":303,"html":304,"doi":305},128835,2009,"Kharbish, Sherif, Libowitzky, Eugen, Beran, Anton (2009) Raman spectra of isolated and interconnected pyramidal XS3 groups (X = Sb,Bi) in stibnite, bismuthinite, kermesite, stephanite and bournonite. \u003Ci>European Journal of Mineralogy\u003C\u002Fi>,  21 (2) 325-333 \u003Ca target='_blank' href='https:\u002F\u002Fdoi.org\u002F10.1127\u002F0935-1221\u002F2009\u002F0021-1914'>doi:10.1127\u002F0935-1221\u002F2009\u002F0021-1914\u003C\u002Fa>","10.1127\u002F0935-1221\u002F2009\u002F0021-1914",[307,317,323,329,333,343,353,361,367,377,385,394,404,413,421,426,434,439,448,454,460,466,472,479,486,493,499,505,513,519,528,534],{"id":308,"source_url":309,"license_code":310,"credit_html":311,"title":312,"description":313,"author":314,"original_width":315,"original_height":316},3356,"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=6445640","CC BY-SA 4.0","Didier Descouens, via \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=6445640\" rel=\"noopener\">Wikimedia Commons\u003C\u002Fa>","Bismuthinite.jpg","\u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FBismuthinite\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Bismuthinite\">Bismuthinite\u003C\u002Fa> - Schlaggenwald (Horni Slavkov) - Bohemia - \u003Ca href=\"\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FCzech_Republic\" class=\"mw-redirect\" title=\"Czech Republic\">Czech Republic\u003C\u002Fa> (XX 1.1cm)","Didier Descouens",2422,2032,{"id":318,"source_url":319,"license_code":310,"credit_html":320,"title":7,"description":11,"author":11,"original_width":321,"original_height":322},29225,"https:\u002F\u002Fgeocollections.info\u002Ffile\u002F61810","Photo: Unknown author — http:\u002F\u002Fcreativecommons.org\u002Flicenses\u002Fby-sa\u002F4.0\u002F, courtesy of \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fgeocollections.info\u002Ffile\u002F61810\" rel=\"noopener\">The Estonian Museum of Natural History\u003C\u002Fa> via Europeana",1000,749,{"id":324,"source_url":325,"license_code":326,"credit_html":327,"title":7,"description":11,"author":11,"original_width":321,"original_height":328},29226,"https:\u002F\u002Fgeocollections.info\u002Ffile\u002F112835","CC BY 4.0","Photo: Unknown author — http:\u002F\u002Fcreativecommons.org\u002Flicenses\u002Fby\u002F4.0\u002F, courtesy of \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fgeocollections.info\u002Ffile\u002F112835\" rel=\"noopener\">Department of Geology, TalTech\u003C\u002Fa> via Europeana",666,{"id":330,"source_url":331,"license_code":326,"credit_html":332,"title":7,"description":11,"author":11,"original_width":321,"original_height":328},29228,"https:\u002F\u002Fgeocollections.info\u002Ffile\u002F112573","Photo: Unknown author — http:\u002F\u002Fcreativecommons.org\u002Flicenses\u002Fby\u002F4.0\u002F, courtesy of \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fgeocollections.info\u002Ffile\u002F112573\" rel=\"noopener\">Department of Geology, TalTech\u003C\u002Fa> via Europeana",{"id":334,"source_url":335,"license_code":336,"credit_html":337,"title":338,"description":339,"author":340,"original_width":341,"original_height":342},35955,"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=9832637","CC BY 3.0","Aangelo, via \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=9832637\" rel=\"noopener\">Wikimedia Commons\u003C\u002Fa>","Bismutinite 001.jpg","Small crystals of Bismuthinite","Aangelo",1600,1200,{"id":344,"source_url":345,"license_code":346,"credit_html":347,"title":348,"description":349,"author":350,"original_width":351,"original_height":352},35958,"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=10429722","CC BY-SA 3.0","Robert M. Lavinsky, via \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=10429722\" rel=\"noopener\">Wikimedia Commons\u003C\u002Fa>","Bismuthinite-d05-81a.jpg","\u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FBismuthinite\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Bismuthinite\">Bismuthinite\u003C\u002Fa>\n\u003Cdl>\u003Cdd>\u003Cdl>\u003Cdd>Locality: Creole Mine, Lincoln District, \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FNeedle_Range\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Needle Range\">Needle Range\u003C\u002Fa>, Beaver County, \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FUtah\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Utah\">Utah\u003C\u002Fa>, USA (\u003Ca rel=\"nofollow\" class=\"external text\" href=\"http:\u002F\u002Fwww.mindat.org\u002Floc-37563.html\">Locality at mindat.org\u003C\u002Fa>)\u003C\u002Fdd>\n\u003Cdd>Size: miniature, 4.9 x 4.8 x 3.1 cm\n\u003Cdl>\u003Cdt>Bismuthinite\u003C\u002Fdt>\u003C\u002Fdl>\u003C\u002Fdd>\n\u003Cdd>Sharp, acicular, metallic crystals of this rare bismuth species from a most unusual locality! This is an old specimen that turned up out of the blue. i had never seen nor heard of one from here, before. 4.9 x 4.8 x 3.1 cm\u003C\u002Fdd>\u003C\u002Fdl>\u003C\u002Fdd>\u003C\u002Fdl>","Robert M. Lavinsky",600,575,{"id":354,"source_url":355,"license_code":346,"credit_html":356,"title":357,"description":358,"author":350,"original_width":359,"original_height":360},35960,"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=27769660","Robert M. Lavinsky, via \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=27769660\" rel=\"noopener\">Wikimedia Commons\u003C\u002Fa>","Bismuthinite-437603.jpg","\u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FBismuthinite\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Bismuthinite\">Bismuthinite\u003C\u002Fa> (Size 5.8 x 4.7 x 3.7 cm)\n\u003Cdl>\u003Cdd>\u003Cdl>\u003Cdd>Locality: \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FCornwall\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Cornwall\">Cornwall\u003C\u002Fa>, England, UK\u003C\u002Fdd>\n\u003Cdd>Splendent, metallic bismuthinite needles to 7 mm line three, adjacent, quartz-lined vugs on this classic and excellent, old-time specimen from the historic mines of Cornwall. Ex. Robert Whitmore Collection. It comes with two old labels, including one from the famous British dealer Bryce Wright dating from 1866-1874 by its style, with matching number on the specimen to prove they go together. Wright was among the most prominent English mineral dealers in the mid 19th Century. One rarely sees surviving Wright labels.\u003C\u002Fdd>\u003C\u002Fdl>\u003C\u002Fdd>\u003C\u002Fdl>",465,343,{"id":362,"source_url":363,"license_code":346,"credit_html":364,"title":365,"description":358,"author":350,"original_width":359,"original_height":366},35961,"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=27769662","Robert M. Lavinsky, via \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=27769662\" rel=\"noopener\">Wikimedia Commons\u003C\u002Fa>","Bismuthinite-437604.jpg",344,{"id":368,"source_url":369,"license_code":370,"credit_html":371,"title":372,"description":373,"author":374,"original_width":375,"original_height":376},35963,"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=41901619","CC BY 2.0","James St. John, via \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=41901619\" rel=\"noopener\">Wikimedia Commons\u003C\u002Fa>","Bismuthinite (Colorado, USA) 2 (18742754148).jpg","\u003Cp>Bismuthinite from Colorado, USA. (public display, University of Wyoming Geological Museum, Laramie, Wyoming, USA)\n\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>A mineral is a naturally-occurring, solid, inorganic, crystalline substance having a fairly definite chemical composition and having fairly definite physical properties.  At its simplest, a mineral is a naturally-occurring solid chemical.  Currently, there are over 4900 named and described minerals - about 200 of them are common and about 20 of them are very common.  Mineral classification is based on anion chemistry.  Major categories of minerals are: elements, sulfides, oxides, halides, carbonates, sulfates, phosphates, and silicates.\n\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>The sulfide minerals contain one or more sulfide anions (S-2).  The sulfides are usually considered together with the arsenide minerals, the sulfarsenide minerals, and the telluride minerals.  Many sulfides are economically significant, as they occur commonly in ores.  The metals that combine with S-2 are mainly Fe, Cu, Ni, Ag, etc.  Most sulfides have a metallic luster, are moderately soft, and are noticeably heavy for their size.  These minerals will not form in the presence of free oxygen.  Under an oxygen-rich atmosphere, sulfide minerals tend to chemically weather to various oxide and hydroxide minerals.\n\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>Bismuthinite is a scarce bismuth sulfide mineral (Bi2S3).  It's similar to stibnite (\u003Ca rel=\"nofollow\" class=\"external text\" href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.flickr.com\u002Fphotos\u002Fjsjgeology\u002Fsets\u002F72157654303222578\">www.flickr.com\u002Fphotos\u002Fjsjgeology\u002Fsets\u002F72157654303222578\u003C\u002Fa>) in its physical properties, and fine-grained specimens are difficult to distinguish visually.  Bismuthinite has a metallic luster, silver color, gray streak, one perfect cleavage, is fairly soft (H = 2 to 2.5), and has a high specific gravity (it's heavy for its size).  Nicely crystalline specimens often display radiating masses of long, needle-shaped crystals.  Finer-grained and massive bismuthinite also occur.  Crystals of bismuthinite are known to be slightly flexible, and the crystal faces typically have fine striations.\n\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>Bismuthinite is a key ore mineral for the element bismuth (Bi).  It principally occurs in hydrothermal vein deposits, some pegmatites, and some volcanic exhalation deposits.\n\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Chr>\n\u003Cp>Photo gallery of bismuthinite:\n\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Ca rel=\"nofollow\" class=\"external text\" href=\"http:\u002F\u002Fwww.mindat.org\u002Fgallery.php?min=686\">www.mindat.org\u002Fgallery.php?min=686\u003C\u002Fa>","James St. John",1674,1131,{"id":378,"source_url":379,"license_code":370,"credit_html":380,"title":381,"description":382,"author":374,"original_width":383,"original_height":384},35964,"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=41901628","James St. John, via \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=41901628\" rel=\"noopener\">Wikimedia Commons\u003C\u002Fa>","Bismuthinite (Llallagua, Bolivia) 1 (18904230876).jpg","\u003Cp>Bismuthinite from Llallagua, Bolivia. (SDSMT 3284, South Dakota School of Mines and Technology, Museum of Geology, Rapid City, South Dakota, USA)\n\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>A mineral is a naturally-occurring, solid, inorganic, crystalline substance having a fairly definite chemical composition and having fairly definite physical properties.  At its simplest, a mineral is a naturally-occurring solid chemical.  Currently, there are over 4900 named and described minerals - about 200 of them are common and about 20 of them are very common.  Mineral classification is based on anion chemistry.  Major categories of minerals are: elements, sulfides, oxides, halides, carbonates, sulfates, phosphates, and silicates.\n\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>The sulfide minerals contain one or more sulfide anions (S-2).  The sulfides are usually considered together with the arsenide minerals, the sulfarsenide minerals, and the telluride minerals.  Many sulfides are economically significant, as they occur commonly in ores.  The metals that combine with S-2 are mainly Fe, Cu, Ni, Ag, etc.  Most sulfides have a metallic luster, are moderately soft, and are noticeably heavy for their size.  These minerals will not form in the presence of free oxygen.  Under an oxygen-rich atmosphere, sulfide minerals tend to chemically weather to various oxide and hydroxide minerals.\n\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>Bismuthinite is a scarce bismuth sulfide mineral (Bi2S3).  It's similar to stibnite (\u003Ca rel=\"nofollow\" class=\"external text\" href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.flickr.com\u002Fphotos\u002Fjsjgeology\u002Fsets\u002F72157654303222578\">www.flickr.com\u002Fphotos\u002Fjsjgeology\u002Fsets\u002F72157654303222578\u003C\u002Fa>) in its physical properties, and fine-grained specimens are difficult to distinguish visually.  Bismuthinite has a metallic luster, silver color, gray streak, one perfect cleavage, is fairly soft (H = 2 to 2.5), and has a high specific gravity (it's heavy for its size).  Nicely crystalline specimens often display radiating masses of long, needle-shaped crystals.  Finer-grained and massive bismuthinite also occur.  Crystals of bismuthinite are known to be slightly flexible, and the crystal faces typically have fine striations.\n\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>Bismuthinite is a key ore mineral for the element bismuth (Bi).  It principally occurs in hydrothermal vein deposits, some pegmatites, and some volcanic exhalation deposits.\n\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Chr>\n\u003Cp>Photo gallery of bismuthinite:\n\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Ca rel=\"nofollow\" class=\"external text\" href=\"http:\u002F\u002Fwww.mindat.org\u002Fgallery.php?min=686\">www.mindat.org\u002Fgallery.php?min=686\u003C\u002Fa>",1737,1359,{"id":386,"source_url":387,"license_code":310,"credit_html":388,"title":389,"description":390,"author":391,"original_width":392,"original_height":393},35965,"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=83080705","Mai Seppel, via \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=83080705\" rel=\"noopener\">Wikimedia Commons\u003C\u002Fa>","Estonian Museum of Natural History Specimen No 201715 photo (g27 g27-48 1 jpg).jpg","\"vismutiin\". More info \u003Ca rel=\"nofollow\" class=\"external text\" href=\"http:\u002F\u002Fgeocollections.info\u002Ffile\u002F91619\">about this file\u003C\u002Fa> and \u003Ca rel=\"nofollow\" class=\"external text\" href=\"http:\u002F\u002Fgeocollections.info\u002Fspecimen\u002F201715\">about this specimen\u003C\u002Fa> at \u003Ca rel=\"nofollow\" class=\"external text\" href=\"http:\u002F\u002Fgeocollections.info\u002F\">geocollections.info\u003C\u002Fa>","Mai Seppel",3307,2205,{"id":395,"source_url":396,"license_code":397,"credit_html":398,"title":399,"description":400,"author":401,"original_width":402,"original_height":403},15221,"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=118204964","CC BY-SA 2.0","Pacific Museum of Earth from Canada, via \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=118204964\" rel=\"noopener\">Wikimedia Commons\u003C\u002Fa>","Bismuthinite with Bismuth, Gold, Arsenopyrite, Marcasite, Quartz, and Cassiterite (33876006478).jpg","\u003Cp>Marcamarami Mine\nSorata, La Paz\nBolivia\n\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Col>\u003Cli>609\u003C\u002Fli>\u003C\u002Fol>","Pacific Museum of Earth from Canada",4000,6000,{"id":405,"source_url":406,"license_code":407,"credit_html":408,"title":409,"description":410,"author":411,"original_width":412,"original_height":412},23912,"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=1956258","Public domain","Dave Dyet http:\u002F\u002Fwww.shutterstone.com http:\u002F\u002Fwww.dyet.com, via \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=1956258\" rel=\"noopener\">Wikimedia Commons\u003C\u002Fa>","Tetradymite 2 w- bismuthinite in quartz Bismuth tellurium sulfide Silver Spoon Mine Darwin District Inyo County California 1823.jpg","These mineral images are free to use how you wish.","Dave Dyet http:\u002F\u002Fwww.shutterstone.com http:\u002F\u002Fwww.dyet.com",800,{"id":414,"source_url":415,"license_code":346,"credit_html":416,"title":417,"description":418,"author":350,"original_width":419,"original_height":420},3357,"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=10121575","Robert M. Lavinsky, via \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=10121575\" rel=\"noopener\">Wikimedia Commons\u003C\u002Fa>","Bismuthinite-23175.jpg","\u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FBismuthinite\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Bismuthinite\">Bismuthinite\u003C\u002Fa>\n\u003Cdl>\u003Cdd>\u003Cdl>\u003Cdd>Locality: Biggenden Mine (Mount Biggenden Mine; Biggenden Gold And Bismuth Mine; Mount Biggenden Bismuth Mine; Mount Biggenden Magnetite Mine; Biggenden Quarry), \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FShire_of_Biggenden\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Shire of Biggenden\">Biggenden Shire\u003C\u002Fa>, \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FQueensland\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Queensland\">Queensland\u003C\u002Fa>, Australia (\u003Ca rel=\"nofollow\" class=\"external text\" href=\"http:\u002F\u002Fwww.mindat.org\u002Floc-42920.html\">Locality at mindat.org\u003C\u002Fa>)\u003C\u002Fdd>\n\u003Cdd>An excellent Bismuthinite crystal with superb metallic lustre from a famous old and classic Australian locality. 3.0 x 2.5 x 2.0 cm\u003C\u002Fdd>\u003C\u002Fdl>\u003C\u002Fdd>\u003C\u002Fdl>",495,550,{"id":422,"source_url":423,"license_code":407,"credit_html":424,"title":425,"description":410,"author":411,"original_width":412,"original_height":412},23913,"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=1956259","Dave Dyet http:\u002F\u002Fwww.shutterstone.com http:\u002F\u002Fwww.dyet.com, via \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=1956259\" rel=\"noopener\">Wikimedia Commons\u003C\u002Fa>","Tetradymite w- bismuthinite in quartz Bismuth tellurium sulfide Silver Spoon Mine Darwin District Inyo County California 1821.jpg",{"id":427,"source_url":428,"license_code":346,"credit_html":429,"title":430,"description":431,"author":350,"original_width":432,"original_height":433},3358,"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=10142284","Robert M. Lavinsky, via \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=10142284\" rel=\"noopener\">Wikimedia Commons\u003C\u002Fa>","Bismuthinite-136224.jpg","\u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FBismuthinite\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Bismuthinite\">Bismuthinite\u003C\u002Fa>\n\u003Cdl>\u003Cdd>\u003Cdl>\u003Cdd>Locality: Marcamarcani Mine (San Baldomero Mine), \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FSorata\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Sorata\">Sorata\u003C\u002Fa>, \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FLarecaja_Province\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Larecaja Province\">Larecaja Province\u003C\u002Fa>, \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FLa_Paz_Department\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:La Paz Department\">La Paz Department\u003C\u002Fa>, Bolivia (\u003Ca rel=\"nofollow\" class=\"external text\" href=\"http:\u002F\u002Fwww.mindat.org\u002Floc-359.html\">Locality at mindat.org\u003C\u002Fa>)\u003C\u002Fdd>\n\u003Cdd>Size: 2.9 x 1.9 x 1.5 cm.\u003C\u002Fdd>\n\u003Cdd>Metallic gray bismuthinite crystals in lamellar growth of parallel bundles with a bit of matrix. From an old bolivian locality - the San Baldomero Mine. Ex. Dick Jones Collection.\u003C\u002Fdd>\u003C\u002Fdl>\u003C\u002Fdd>\u003C\u002Fdl>",329,400,{"id":435,"source_url":436,"license_code":326,"credit_html":437,"title":148,"description":11,"author":11,"original_width":321,"original_height":438},29227,"https:\u002F\u002Fgeocollections.info\u002Ffile\u002F113183","Photo: Unknown author — http:\u002F\u002Fcreativecommons.org\u002Flicenses\u002Fby\u002F4.0\u002F, courtesy of \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fgeocollections.info\u002Ffile\u002F113183\" rel=\"noopener\">Department of Geology, TalTech\u003C\u002Fa> via Europeana",667,{"id":440,"source_url":441,"license_code":407,"credit_html":442,"title":443,"description":444,"author":445,"original_width":446,"original_height":447},3359,"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=27769329","Edoardo Mazzola, via \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=27769329\" rel=\"noopener\">Wikimedia Commons\u003C\u002Fa>","Bismuthinite, Pyrite-422940.jpg","\u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FBismuthinite\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Bismuthinite\">Bismuthinite\u003C\u002Fa>, \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FPyrite\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Pyrite\">Pyrite\u003C\u002Fa>\n\u003Cdl>\u003Cdd>\u003Cdl>\u003Cdd>Locality: Beura Quarries, Beura-Cardezza, Ossola Valley, Verbano-Cusio-Ossola Province, Piedmont, Italy\u003C\u002Fdd>\n\u003Cdd>Bismutinite with curious crystallization of pyrite crystal size of 1 mm. Photos and collectors Edoardo Mazzola\u003C\u002Fdd>\u003C\u002Fdl>\u003C\u002Fdd>\u003C\u002Fdl>","Edoardo Mazzola",850,638,{"id":449,"source_url":450,"license_code":346,"credit_html":451,"title":452,"description":358,"author":350,"original_width":359,"original_height":453},3360,"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=27769556","Robert M. Lavinsky, via \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=27769556\" rel=\"noopener\">Wikimedia Commons\u003C\u002Fa>","Bismuthinite-437602.jpg",340,{"id":455,"source_url":456,"license_code":346,"credit_html":457,"title":458,"description":459,"author":350,"original_width":433,"original_height":433},4553,"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=10121532","Robert M. Lavinsky, via \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=10121532\" rel=\"noopener\">Wikimedia Commons\u003C\u002Fa>","Cannizzarite-Bismuthinite-23139.jpg","\u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FCannizzarite\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Cannizzarite\">Cannizzarite\u003C\u002Fa>, \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FBismuthinite\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Bismuthinite\">Bismuthinite\u003C\u002Fa>\n\u003Cdl>\u003Cdd>\u003Cdl>\u003Cdd>Locality: \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FVulcano\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Vulcano\">Vulcano Island\u003C\u002Fa>, \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FAeolian_Islands\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Aeolian Islands\">Eolie Islands (Aeolian Islands)\u003C\u002Fa>, \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FLipari\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Lipari\">Lipari\u003C\u002Fa>, \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FProvince_of_Messina\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Province of Messina\">Messina Province\u003C\u002Fa>, \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FSicily\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Sicily\">Sicily\u003C\u002Fa>, Italy (\u003Ca rel=\"nofollow\" class=\"external text\" href=\"http:\u002F\u002Fwww.mindat.org\u002Floc-4499.html\">Locality at mindat.org\u003C\u002Fa>)\u003C\u002Fdd>\n\u003Cdd>From the type locality, a specimen of the rare lead-bismuth sulphide cannizarite in bright sparkly sub-mm crystals, associated with bismuthinite. Cannizarite was first discovered on these Sicilian islands in 1925. 2.5 x 1.8 x 1.5 cm\u003C\u002Fdd>\u003C\u002Fdl>\u003C\u002Fdd>\u003C\u002Fdl>",{"id":461,"source_url":462,"license_code":346,"credit_html":463,"title":464,"description":358,"author":350,"original_width":359,"original_height":465},3361,"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=27769663","Robert M. Lavinsky, via \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=27769663\" rel=\"noopener\">Wikimedia Commons\u003C\u002Fa>","Bismuthinite-437605.jpg",374,{"id":467,"source_url":468,"license_code":346,"credit_html":469,"title":470,"description":358,"author":350,"original_width":359,"original_height":471},3362,"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=27769664","Robert M. Lavinsky, via \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=27769664\" rel=\"noopener\">Wikimedia Commons\u003C\u002Fa>","Bismuthinite-437606.jpg",483,{"id":473,"source_url":474,"license_code":346,"credit_html":475,"title":476,"description":477,"author":350,"original_width":478,"original_height":351},35956,"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=10152596","Robert M. Lavinsky, via \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=10152596\" rel=\"noopener\">Wikimedia Commons\u003C\u002Fa>","Bismuth-Bismuthinite-179856.jpg","\u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FBismuth\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Bismuth\">Bismuth\u003C\u002Fa>, \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FBismuthinite\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Bismuthinite\">Bismuthinite\u003C\u002Fa>\n\u003Cdl>\u003Cdd>\u003Cdl>\u003Cdd>Locality: Huallatani Mine, \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FPotos%C3%AD_Department\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Potosí Department\">Potosí Department\u003C\u002Fa>, Bolivia (\u003Ca rel=\"nofollow\" class=\"external text\" href=\"http:\u002F\u002Fwww.mindat.org\u002Floc-190423.html\">Locality at mindat.org\u003C\u002Fa>)\u003C\u002Fdd>\n\u003Cdd>Size: 7.9 x 6.2 x 4.1 cm.\u003C\u002Fdd>\n\u003Cdd>From the world’s richest deposit of bismuth, this extremely heavy specimen has mirror bright, metallic silver crystals of the element bismuth. Some are full crystals, I believe, parted along contact planes; although many are partial crystals or fragments, but the piece is extremely rich overall with crystals, to 2 cm in length. Excellent metallic luster. Weighs over 800 grams. There is a hint of iridescence and the faintest hint of lavender. Ex. Martin Zinn Collection.\u003C\u002Fdd>\u003C\u002Fdl>\u003C\u002Fdd>\u003C\u002Fdl>",516,{"id":480,"source_url":481,"license_code":346,"credit_html":482,"title":483,"description":484,"author":350,"original_width":485,"original_height":433},35957,"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=10155636","Robert M. Lavinsky, via \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=10155636\" rel=\"noopener\">Wikimedia Commons\u003C\u002Fa>","Stannite-Bismuthinite-Quartz-192629.jpg","\u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FStannite\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Stannite\">Stannite\u003C\u002Fa>, \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FBismuthinite\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Bismuthinite\">Bismuthinite\u003C\u002Fa>, \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FQuartz\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Quartz\">Quartz\u003C\u002Fa>\n\u003Cdl>\u003Cdd>\u003Cdl>\u003Cdd>Locality: Yaogangxian Mine, \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FYizhang_County\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Yizhang County\">Yizhang County\u003C\u002Fa>, Chenzhou Prefecture, \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FHunan\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Hunan\">Hunan Province\u003C\u002Fa>, China (\u003Ca rel=\"nofollow\" class=\"external text\" href=\"http:\u002F\u002Fwww.mindat.org\u002Floc-4549.html\">Locality at mindat.org\u003C\u002Fa>)\u003C\u002Fdd>\n\u003Cdd>Size: 12.4 x 5.4 x 5.4 cm.\u003C\u002Fdd>\n\u003Cdd>Stannite, a sulfide of copper, iron an tin , and bismuthinite, the sulfide of bismuth, are both rare. Here, you have both of these rare sulfides on a single specimen. The larger, rough dark crystals to about 1 cm are the stannite, and the bismuthinite is represented by needle-like crystals included inside the quartz crystals.\u003C\u002Fdd>\u003C\u002Fdl>\u003C\u002Fdd>\u003C\u002Fdl>",253,{"id":487,"source_url":488,"license_code":346,"credit_html":489,"title":490,"description":491,"author":350,"original_width":433,"original_height":492},35959,"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=10453583","Robert M. Lavinsky, via \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=10453583\" rel=\"noopener\">Wikimedia Commons\u003C\u002Fa>","Bismuth-Bismuthinite-mrz344d.jpg","\u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FBismuth\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Bismuth\">Bismuth\u003C\u002Fa>, \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FBismuthinite\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Bismuthinite\">Bismuthinite\u003C\u002Fa>\n\u003Cdl>\u003Cdd>\u003Cdl>\u003Cdd>Locality: Huallatani Mine, \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FPotos%C3%AD_Department\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Potosí Department\">Potosí Department\u003C\u002Fa>, Bolivia (\u003Ca rel=\"nofollow\" class=\"external text\" href=\"http:\u002F\u002Fwww.mindat.org\u002Floc-190423.html\">Locality at mindat.org\u003C\u002Fa>)\u003C\u002Fdd>\n\u003Cdd>Size: small cabinet, 7.9 x 6.2 x 4.1 cm\n\u003Cdl>\u003Cdt>Bismuth with Bismuthinite\u003C\u002Fdt>\u003C\u002Fdl>\u003C\u002Fdd>\n\u003Cdd>From the worlds richest deposit of bismuth, this extremely heavy specimen has mirror bright, metallic silver crystals of the element bismuth. Some are full crystals, I believe, parted along contact planes; although many are partial crystals or fragments, but the piece is extremely rich overall with crystals, to 2 cm in length. The lustre is blinding, like metal out of a fabricator. The weight is really shocking...bismuth is HEAVY stuff! This little rock masses over 800 grams, about 2 pounds! There is a hint of iridescence and the faintest hint of lavender.\u003C\u002Fdd>\u003C\u002Fdl>\u003C\u002Fdd>\u003C\u002Fdl>",335,{"id":494,"source_url":495,"license_code":397,"credit_html":496,"title":497,"description":498,"author":401,"original_width":402,"original_height":403},12698,"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=118196500","Pacific Museum of Earth from Canada, via \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=118196500\" rel=\"noopener\">Wikimedia Commons\u003C\u002Fa>","Tetradymite with Joséite and Bismuthinite (46010909175).jpg","\u003Cp>Glacier Gulch\u002FHudson Bay Mountain\u002FNear Smithers\nBritish Columbia, Canada\n\u003C\u002Fp>\nS-89-170",{"id":500,"source_url":501,"license_code":397,"credit_html":502,"title":503,"description":504,"author":401,"original_width":402,"original_height":403},12703,"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=118205036","Pacific Museum of Earth from Canada, via \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=118205036\" rel=\"noopener\">Wikimedia Commons\u003C\u002Fa>","Bismuthinite and Joséite with Gold (33876000098).jpg","\u003Cp>Glacier Gulch\nHudson Bay Mountain, Smithers\nBritish Columbia, Canada\n\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Col>\u003Cli>600\u003C\u002Fli>\u003C\u002Fol>",{"id":506,"source_url":507,"license_code":346,"credit_html":508,"title":509,"description":510,"author":350,"original_width":511,"original_height":512},27875,"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=10163334","Robert M. Lavinsky, via \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=10163334\" rel=\"noopener\">Wikimedia Commons\u003C\u002Fa>","Waylandite-Bismuthinite-228363.jpg","\u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FWaylandite\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Waylandite\">Waylandite\u003C\u002Fa>, \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FBismuthinite\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Bismuthinite\">Bismuthinite\u003C\u002Fa>\n\u003Cdl>\u003Cdd>\u003Cdl>\u003Cdd>Locality: Barro do Corda Pegmatite, \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FJuazeiro\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Juazeiro\">Juazeiro\u003C\u002Fa>, \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FBahia\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Bahia\">Bahia\u003C\u002Fa>, Northeast Region, Brazil (\u003Ca rel=\"nofollow\" class=\"external text\" href=\"http:\u002F\u002Fwww.mindat.org\u002Floc-205394.html\">Locality at mindat.org\u003C\u002Fa>)\u003C\u002Fdd>\n\u003Cdd>Size: 3.3 x 1.5 x 1.4 cm.\u003C\u002Fdd>\n\u003Cdd>A unique and very rare Brazilian pseudomorph, obtained from rarities dealer Gunnar Farber of Germany. Gunnar has X-rayed the piece to confirm the species. Off-white to gray waylandite microcrystals have partially pseudomorphed a columnar bismuthinite crystal. Waylandite is a rare bismuth, calcium, aluminum, hydroxide, phosphate, silicate. This rarity is from an uncommon Brazilian locale - the Barro do Corda Pegmatite, Juazeiro, Bahia. Certainly not pretty to look at, but it is a rare and unique pseudomorph.\u003C\u002Fdd>\u003C\u002Fdl>\u003C\u002Fdd>\u003C\u002Fdl>",501,750,{"id":514,"source_url":515,"license_code":346,"credit_html":516,"title":517,"description":510,"author":350,"original_width":433,"original_height":518},27876,"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=10163335","Robert M. Lavinsky, via \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=10163335\" rel=\"noopener\">Wikimedia Commons\u003C\u002Fa>","Waylandite-Bismuthinite-228364.jpg",391,{"id":520,"source_url":521,"license_code":310,"credit_html":522,"title":523,"description":524,"author":525,"original_width":526,"original_height":527},58317,"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=162677286","Lodewicus de Honsvels, via \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=162677286\" rel=\"noopener\">Wikimedia Commons\u003C\u002Fa>","Millerit-Hauchecornit-Bismuthinit.jpg","\u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FMillerite\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Millerite\">Millerite\u003C\u002Fa>, \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FHauchecornite\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Hauchecornite\">Hauchecornite\u003C\u002Fa>, \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FBismuthinite\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Bismuthinite\">Bismuthinite\u003C\u002Fa>\n\u003Cdl>\u003Cdd>\u003Cdl>\u003Cdd>\u003Cdl>\u003Cdd>Weight: 416.3 g\u003C\u002Fdd>\n\u003Cdd>Locality: Friedrich Mine, Niederhövels, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany\u003C\u002Fdd>\u003C\u002Fdl>\u003C\u002Fdd>\u003C\u002Fdl>\u003C\u002Fdd>\u003C\u002Fdl>","Lodewicus de Honsvels",6014,3816,{"id":529,"source_url":530,"license_code":397,"credit_html":531,"title":532,"description":533,"author":401,"original_width":402,"original_height":403},61771,"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=118196507","Pacific Museum of Earth from Canada, via \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=118196507\" rel=\"noopener\">Wikimedia Commons\u003C\u002Fa>","Joséite with Gruenlingite, Gold, and Bismuthinite (46010909475).jpg","\u003Cp>Glacier Gulch\u002FHudson Bay Mountain\u002FNear Smithers\nBritish Columbia, Canada\n\u003C\u002Fp>\nS-89-168",{"id":535,"source_url":536,"license_code":346,"credit_html":537,"title":538,"description":539,"author":540,"original_width":541,"original_height":542},86235,"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=25260203","Ji-Elle, via \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=25260203\" rel=\"noopener\">Wikimedia Commons\u003C\u002Fa>","Wittichénite et bismutinite (Rothau)-Musée de minéralogie de Strasbourg.jpg","Wittichénite et bismutinite (Mine Saint-Nicolas, Rothau, vallée de la Bruche, Bas-Rhin). Musée de minéralogie de Strasbourg","Ji-Elle",3240,4320,[544,550,554,559,564],{"id":545,"url":546,"label":547,"formula":548,"spacegroup":549,"year":294},1596,"\u002Fcif\u002F1596.cif","Caracas 2005","Bi2 S3","P n m a",{"id":551,"url":552,"label":553,"formula":548,"spacegroup":549,"year":294},1597,"\u002Fcif\u002F1597.cif","Lundegaard 2005",{"id":555,"url":556,"label":557,"formula":558,"spacegroup":549,"year":289},1605,"\u002Fcif\u002F1605.cif","Kyono 2004 · (Sb.91 Bi1.09) S3","(Sb.91 Bi1.09) S3",{"id":560,"url":561,"label":562,"formula":563,"spacegroup":549,"year":289},1606,"\u002Fcif\u002F1606.cif","Kyono 2004 · (Sb.388 Bi1.612) S3","(Sb.388 Bi1.612) S3",{"id":565,"url":566,"label":567,"formula":568,"spacegroup":549,"year":289},1607,"\u002Fcif\u002F1607.cif","Kyono 2004 · (Sb.362 Bi1.638) S3","(Sb.362 Bi1.638) S3",[570,571,572,573,574],"Bismuth Glance","Bismuthine","Bismutholamprite","Bizmutyn","Wismutglanz",[576,580,584,591,595,600,605,608,612,616,624,627,631,635,639,643,647,650,653,656,660,663,666,670,675,679,682,685,691,698,702,707,711,714,719,724],{"lang":577,"names":578},"be",[579],"Вісмуцін",{"lang":581,"names":582},"ca",[583],"bismutinita",{"lang":585,"names":586},"de",[587,588,589,590,574],"Bismutglanz","Bismuthin","Bismuthinit","Bismutin",{"lang":592,"names":593},"el",[594],"Βισμουθινίτης",{"lang":596,"names":597},"es",[598,599],"Bismutina","Bismutinita",{"lang":601,"names":602},"et",[603,604],"bismutiniit","vismutiin",{"lang":606,"names":607},"eu",[599],{"lang":609,"names":610},"fa",[611],"بیسموتینیت",{"lang":613,"names":614},"fi",[615],"Vismuttihohde",{"lang":617,"names":618},"fr",[619,571,7,572,620,621,622,623],"12233-37-3","Bismutinite","Cheleutite","Csiklovaite","Horobetsuite",{"lang":625,"names":626},"gl",[599],{"lang":628,"names":629},"hy",[630],"Բիսմութին",{"lang":632,"names":633},"it",[634],"bismutinite",{"lang":636,"names":637},"ja",[638],"輝蒼鉛鉱",{"lang":640,"names":641},"kk",[642],"Висмутин",{"lang":644,"names":645},"kk-arab",[646],"ۆىيسمۋتىين",{"lang":648,"names":649},"kk-cn",[646],{"lang":651,"names":652},"kk-cyrl",[642],{"lang":654,"names":655},"kk-kz",[642],{"lang":657,"names":658},"kk-latn",[659],"Vïsmwtïn",{"lang":661,"names":662},"kk-tr",[659],{"lang":664,"names":665},"ky",[642],{"lang":667,"names":668},"mk",[669],"бизмутинит",{"lang":671,"names":672},"nb",[673,674],"bismuthinitt","vismutglans",{"lang":676,"names":677},"nl",[678],"bismutiniet",{"lang":680,"names":681},"nn",[673,674],{"lang":683,"names":684},"oc",[599],{"lang":686,"names":687},"pl",[688,573,689,690],"Bismutynit","Bizmutynit","Błyszcz bizmutu",{"lang":692,"names":693},"ru",[694,695,642,696,697],"Bi2S3","Бисмутин","Висмутинит","Висмутовый блеск",{"lang":699,"names":700},"sr",[701],"бизмутин",{"lang":703,"names":704},"sv",[705,706],"bismutinit","Vismutglans",{"lang":708,"names":709},"ta",[710],"பிசுமத்தினைட்டு",{"lang":712,"names":713},"tg",[642],{"lang":715,"names":716},"uk",[717,718],"бісмутин","бісмутиніт",{"lang":720,"names":721},"uz",[722,723],"Vismut yaltirogʻi","Vismutin",{"lang":725,"names":726},"zh",[727],"辉铋矿","Q419292",{"history":730,"applications":734},{"markdown":731,"model_version":732,"prompt_version":733,"reviewed_at":11},"The mineral's name is simply its recipe read aloud. Bismuthinite is bismuth sulfide — bismuth bonded to sulfur — and it was named for that composition[1]. The metal itself lent the name, and the metal's own story is older and stranger than the mineral's.\n\nFor centuries, no one was sure bismuth was its own thing. Early on it was confused with tin and lead, which it resembles[2]. The first written hint that it stood apart came in 1546. The German scholar Georgius Agricola described it as a distinct metal, in a family that also held tin and lead[3]. The word *bismuth* traces back to this period too — a neo-Latin form, *bisemutum*, derived from the German *Wismut*, perhaps from *weiße Masse*, meaning \"white mass\"[4].\n\nCertainty took two more centuries. Johann Heinrich Pott began clearing up the confusion in 1738, and in 1753 Claude François Geoffroy showed that bismuth is distinct from lead and tin[5]. Only after the metal was pinned down could its ores be named for it.\n\nThat naming came in 1832, when the French mineralogist François Sulpice Beudant called the sulfide *bismuthine*[1]. The mineral was first reported the same year, from the silver mines of Potosí in Bolivia[6].","claude-opus-4-8","1.7.0",{"markdown":735,"model_version":732,"prompt_version":733,"reviewed_at":11},"Bismuthinite earns its keep underground, not on the shelf. It is mined as an ore — a rock worth digging for the metal locked inside it — and that metal is bismuth[1]. Everything people actually handle is made from the refined metal, not the raw mineral. So the uses below belong to smelted bismuth and its compounds, drawn from this ore and others.\n\nMost bismuth never starts as bismuthinite at all. The metal is mostly produced by refining, as a byproduct of extracting lead, copper, tin, molybdenum, and tungsten[2]. The ore is one feedstock among several for the smelter.\n\nThe refined metal's standout trick is melting at low temperatures. Bismuth goes into low-melting alloys, also called fusible alloys, that turn liquid in hot water or a small flame. Many automatic sprinklers, electric fuses, and safety devices in fire detection and suppression systems rely on such an alloy, tuned to melt at 47 °C[3].\\\nIts other use leans on a quirk of chemistry: unlike its old look-alike lead, bismuth is essentially non-toxic. That makes it a replacement for lead in shot, bullets, and less-lethal riot gun ammunition[4]. The European Union's restriction on lead has also widened its use in electronics. There it goes into low-melting-point solders that stand in for traditional tin-lead solders[5].\n\nBismuth compounds reach into the medicine cabinet and the makeup bag. Bismuth subsalicylate treats diarrhoea and is the active ingredient in \"pink bismuth\" preparations such as Pepto-Bismol[6]. Bismuth oxychloride lends a pearly sheen to cosmetics, used as a pigment in eye shadows, hair sprays, and nail polishes[7]."]