Russellite (mineral)
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Russellite (mineral)
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Russellite is a bismuth tungstate mineral with the chemical formula Bi2WO6. It crystallizes in the orthorhombic crystal system. Russellite is yellow or yellow-green in color, with a Mohs hardness of 3+1⁄2. Russellite is named for the mineralogist Sir Arthur Russell, and the type locality is the Castle-an-Dinas Mine, near St Columb Major in Cornwall, where it was found in 1938 in wolframite.
It occurs as a secondary alteration of other bismuth bearing minerals in tin−tungsten hydrothermal ore dep
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Bismuth tungstate mineral
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2024-01-19T17:24:29Z
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